An experimental investigation was conducted at the Langley Research Center to determine a method for towing an aircraft to measure the side forces of a free-swiveling nose gear due to variations in bank angle. A F-106 aircraft and the Space Shuttle orbiter OV-101 were towed to measure side forces on full-size aircraft for bank angles up to 3 deg. These tests indicate that substantial side forces will occur if an aircraft is rolling on a runway in a banked attitude even when the nose gear is free to swivel. Corotation of a twin-tire nose gear appears to cause a substantial increase in side force due to bank angle compared with a nose gear with indepdendently rotating wheels.


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    Titel :

    Technique for Measuring Side Forces on a Banked Aircraft with a Free-Swiveling Nose Gear


    Beteiligte:
    S. M. Stubbs (Autor:in) / J. A. Tanner (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1986


    Format / Umfang :

    23 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch