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Chapter 10<br />
Landing Gear<br />
There is one landing-gear component for the aircraft. The landing gear can be located on the body<br />
or on the wing. The landing gear can be fixed or retractable; a gear retraction speed is specified (CAS),<br />
or the landing-gear state can be specified in the flight state.<br />
10–1 Geometry<br />
The landing gear has a position z F , where the aerodynamic forces act. The component axes are<br />
aligned with the aircraft axes, C BF = I. The landing gear has no control variables. The height of the<br />
bottom of the landing gear above ground level, hLG, is specified in the flight state. The landing-gear<br />
position z F is a distance dLG above the bottom of the gear.<br />
10-1.1 Drag<br />
The drag area is specified for landing gear extended, (D/q)LG. The velocity relative to the air at<br />
z F gives the drag direction ed = −v F /|v F | and dynamic pressure q = 1/2ρ|v F | 2 (no interference). Then<br />
is the total drag force.<br />
F F = ed q(D/q)LG<br />
10–2 Weights<br />
The alighting gear group consists of basic structure, retraction, and crashworthiness structure.