Evolution of aircraft undercarriage from skids used by Wright Brothers to multiple wheel installations of today. n 5091 Aug 21 p 243-7: Development which preceded application of fixed and retractable oleopneumatic leg installations in 1930s. n 5092Aug 28 275-8: Subsequent developments which preceded jet engine and tricycle landing gear. n 5093 Sept. 4 p 295-9: Dowty liquid springs; influence of gas turbine on undercarriage geometry. n 5094Sept. 11 p 329-32: Some civil and military units made in Britain, which fall into two groups, one having truck beam mounting tandem double wheeled axles, and other group of units mounting independent forward and trailing wheel levers. n 5095 Sept. 18 p 370-3: German and American developments; future of wheeled installation development.
Fifty years of undercarriage development
Engineer
Engineer ; 196 , n 5091-5095
1953
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