John
you are probably right, or lucky, or both.
Graham
TELEDYNMCS@aol.com wrote:
it seems rational to me that either a mono or a conventional gear
Europa, i.e., one with a
> tailwheel, would transfer significantly more stress loads to the
> components in the rear of the aircraft, thus leading to more wear on
> everything back there. By contrast, the trigear would dampen those
> stress loads by virtue of the main gear being a considerable distance
> from the parts in question, thus damping any forces transferred to the
> tail area. Stresses transferred by a trigear would further be damped by
> the spring action of the main gear legs and the tires (tyres).
>
> John Lawton
> Whitwell, TN (TN89)
> N245E - Flying
>
|