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Drop Testing Naval Aircraft and the VSD Landing Gear Dynamic Test Facility
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In this paper, the authors describe a laboratory facility developed by Vought Systems Division (VSD) of LTV Aerospace Corp. and techniques used to realistically simulate landings of full scale aircraft under precisely controlled conditions.Citations
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Landing-Gear Drop-Test Rig Development and Application for Light Airplanes
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A method for determining the horizontal impact load based on the rotational speed of the aircraft's wheel in a landing gear drop test
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Experimental rig to estimate the coefficient of friction between tire and surface in airplane touchdown simulations
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An overview of researches on deck-landing of carrier-based aircrafts
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Dynamics of Articulated Landing Gear in Tail-Down Landing Condition
TL;DR: In this paper, the dynamics of the articulated main landing gear, during level and tail-down landing conditions, using MSC/ADAMS software were compared with the available landing gear analysis program, which has been experimentally validated by the drop tests.