Drop and Flight Tests on NY-2 Landing Gears Including Measurements of Vertical Velocities at Landing
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This investigation was conducted to obtain quantitative information on the effectiveness of three landing gears for the NY-2 (consolidated training) airplane. The investigation consisted of static, drop, and flight tests on landing gears of the oleo-rubber-disk and the mercury rubber-chord types, and flight tests only on a landing gear of the conventional split-axle rubber-cord type. The results show that the oleo gear is the most effective of the three landing gears in minimizing impact forces…
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Date:
August 7, 1931
Creator:
Peck, W. C. & Beard, A. P.
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