- tail-wheel landing gear
- <aerospace> ■ Heckradfahrwerk n
English-german technical dictionary. 2013.
English-german technical dictionary. 2013.
tail-wheel — A wheel located at the aft end of the fuse lage and the aft of the main landing gear. Airplanes with such wheels are referred to as tail wheel type or conventional landing gear airplanes … Aviation dictionary
Dash 8 landing gear incidents — Scandinavian Airlines Flight 1209 Accident summary Date September 9, 2007 Type Landing gear failure … Wikipedia
Conventional landing gear — The Piper Super Cub is a popular taildragger aircraft … Wikipedia
2007 Dash 8 landing gear incidents — Infobox Airliner accident name=Scandinavian Airlines Flight 1209 Date=September 9 2007 Type=Landing gear failure Site=Aalborg, Denmark Fatalities=0 Injuries=5 Aircraft Type=Dash 8 400 (Q400) Origin=Copenhagen Airport Destination=Aalborg Airport… … Wikipedia
main landing gear — 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. See also landing gear … Aviation dictionary
Landing — is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal, aircraft, or spacecraft returns to the ground. When the flying object returns to water, the process is called alighting, although it is commonly called landing and touchdown as well. A normal… … Wikipedia
Wheel-barrowing — is a problem that may occur when an aircraft pilot places excessive forward pressure on the elevator control of a nose wheel equipped aeroplane during the takeoff or landing phase of flight. Forward pressure on the flight controls places an up… … Wikipedia
tail skid — i. A small skid mounted at the bottom of the aft end of the fuselage of an aircraft with a tricycle landing gear. The skid absorbs the shock and prevents damage to the aircraft structure if the tail touches either on takeoff when the nose is… … Aviation dictionary
Tricycle gear — describes an aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear , arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has one gear strut in front, called the nose wheel , and two or more main gear struts slightly aft of the center of gravity.Several… … Wikipedia
three-point landing — noun Date: 1918 an airplane landing in which the two main wheels of the landing gear and the tail wheel or skid or nose wheel touch the ground simultaneously … New Collegiate Dictionary
three-point landing — /θri pɔɪnt ˈlændɪŋ/ (say three poynt landing) noun a smooth aircraft landing in which the two main wheels of the landing gear and the tail or nose wheel all touch the ground simultaneously …