Another benefit of the monowheel over the trigear is when it comes to
strip operation. When the grass is soft conditions can prevent the
trigear getting airborne due to increased rolling drag. This was proved
when the trigear demonstrator was flown into a grass strip in northern
England. With two on board it proved impossible to reach rotate speed on
take-off. The only solution was to leave the passenger behind. On the
same day the monowheel operated two up with no problems....................
Nigel Charles
Interesting Nigel - but what about the respective propellers? I would have
thought that props would make a lot more difference to acceleration than the
type of undercarriage.
Patrick
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