The first manufacturer using a damping system in their landing gears was
Breguet
Fokker
Santos-Dumond
Wright´s Brothers
The first plane using retractable train was
Bristol 72 Racer
Packet C109
P51 Mustang
Shopwith Camel
The most widespread used landing gear configuration is
Bicycle
Multi-bogey
Traildragger
Tricycle
Liquid springs dumping systems
Where very common in the first years of aviation
Are very common nowadays
A and B are both correct
None of the above
What would be a manufacturer looking for in order to choose a fixed landing gear over a retractable one?
A plane as cheap as possible
Good performances at low speed
Good performances at high speed
Good performances at low altitude
Liquid spring dumping systems
Are slightly affected by temperature changes
Must be used in retractable landing gears only
Cannot be used in planes with MTOW>5000 kg
Multi-bogey landing gear is a solution to which problem?
Excessive impact pressure, especially in landing, for a single wheel.
Excessive temperature, especially after landing, for a single wheel
Excessive temperature for a single brake after landing
Excessive temperature for a single brake before take-off
Select which landing gear configuration is less likely to spin when taxiing
Quadricycle
