Taxi performance in terms of airplane CG acceleration for the KC-135, T-43A, and YC-14 type main gear are calculated with a digital simulation. Simple landing gear oleo modifications, such as bypass orifices and dual stage air chambers, are proposed and evaluated and reduce CG (RMS) acceleration by as much as 47%. Improved taxi performance also results in reduced gear loads when bomb crater repair patches are encountered with the KC-135 and YC-14 type gear. Fatigue damage due to taxi on austere fields decreases by 6% or more. However, fatigue damage due to taxi on prepared fields is not affected by the proposed oleo modification. (Author)


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    Title :

    Adaptive Landing Gear for Improved Taxi Performance


    Contributors:
    P. T. Somm (author) / H. H. Straub (author) / J. R. Kilner (author)

    Publication date :

    1977


    Size :

    78 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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