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The landing gear of an aircraft are the fixtures on which the aircraft taxi's, take's off and lands and can be in the form of wheels, or pontoons (on float planes for water take-off and landing).
The undercarriage of an aircraft can also be fixed or retractable. Large commercial aircraft such as a Boeing 747 for example will have retractable undercarriage, creating a far more aerodynamic airflow over the fuselage. On a much smaller scale, some aircraft such as Cessna 172's have been manufactured in both fixed and retractable gear "RG" models. Generally the very light aircraft will have fixed landing gear.
The primary role of the landing gear is to absorb the shock of landing the airplane as it comes in contact with the ground. It is designed as a shock attenuation device. It absorbs the shock and slows the vertical drop of the airplane.
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When does a plane deploy its landing gear?
The plane's landing gear is deployed as the plane is descending and nearing the runway.
Why do aeroplane takes wheels inside when flying?
The landing gear is retracted after take-off. This is because, when the plane is flying at great speed the landing gear produces a lot of drag. This slows the plane down. So the landing gears are retracted.
1950's war movie where the landing gear does not deploy and the young officer in the bubble under the plane draws the landing gear on a scretch pad and the landing gear appears like a characature.?
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What is landing gear and why does this important in aircraft maintenance?
The landing gear are the black things under an airplane that normal people call wheels. They let the plane roll to a stop without having to make a belly landing and damage the rest of the plane. In maintenance, it is important because of its critical function and the high stresses exerted on the landing gear.
What is unconventional landing gear?
· Conventional landing gear uses wheels to bear the weight of the plane on the ground. Planes use unconventional landing gear when they're not going to be landing on flat ground. They use pontoons to land on water and skis to land on snow.
How does hydraulics help an airplane's landing gear?
Hydraulics help an airplanes landing gear by retracting it (raising it into the plane). Simple gravity is what pulls it down into place.
Hardest plane to land in the air force?
U-2 spy plane due to its 2 wheel landing gear it has no gear on its wings only on the fuesalage
When a plane lands on a boat what brings the the plane down on the boat?
They use Arrestor Cables to catch the landing gear and slow the plane down.
Does a airplane have legs?
No, an airplane does not have legs but the wheels and everything that holds up the rest of the plane is called the gear or landing gear.
What are the three separate systems in a plane?
engines, wings, tail-rudder, landing gear,
What is the purpose of landing gear?
If a plane didn't have landing gear(the wheels and the "legs") it would have to land sliding on its belly. It would be fairly uncomfortable, damage the plane, and on top it would be very hard to reach take off speeds like that.
Can a plane land without landing gear?
It could but the pilots need to land well otherwise there plane might topple over and crash.
