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.
Technique for Measuring Side Forces on a Banked Aircraft with a Free-Swiveling Nose Gear
1986
23 pages
Report
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English
The Generation of Tire Cornering Forces in Aircraft with a Free-Swiveling Nose Gear
SAE Technical Papers | 1985
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