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Old 22nd Apr 2018, 14:39
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Fareastdriver
 
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The Buff has four trucks for the undercarriage. Two in front and two behind the bomb bay. You try and land it like a conventional aircraft and it will porpoise as it bounces from front to rear trucks. For this reason it is designed to land with the fuselage level. In crosswind conditions the trucks can be turned so that the aircraft will track along the runway even though the nose is offset to counteract the drift.

Take off is the same. It runs along the runway until the wings overcome it's weight and then it will get airborne, again in a level attitude. It will maintain that level attitude as it increases speed as the flaps are pulled in.
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