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Old 04-10-2006, 07:21 AM
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ryane946
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Having worked as an aerospace engineer for Adam aircraft, I was involved in a lot of the stress tests. The landing gear is probably one of the most solid features on any aircraft (along with the wing). We would test the landing gear with a solid mass (Evenly distributed to match the approximate density of the aircraft), and then drop it from 20 meters(60+ feet) to test the gear at a 1200ft/min rate of descent. However, I am almost positive that any fuselage would snap at 1200ft/min, and that is probably why we always used a solid mass.
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