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main landing gear
- Definição1
- The wheels of a landing gear that support nearly all the weight of an aircraft. Other units are the nose-landing gear, tail wheel, and outriggers. Also called a main undercarriage.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, BHARAT (ED.). AN ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF AVIATION. NEW YORK: MCGRAW-HILL, C2005. 752 P.
- Fonte2
- CROCKER, David. Dictionary of aviation. 2nd ed. London: A&C, 2005.
- Contexto
- The main landing gear are nearest the aircraft ’s centre of gravity. Main landing gear are designed to withstand a greater landing shock than the nose wheel or tail wheel and consequently should make contact with the surface first when landing.
- Subárea
- Aircraft Structure
- Français
- atterrisseur principal