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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    Title :

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


    Contributors:
    S. M. Stubbs (author) / J. A. Tanner (author)

    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    23 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English