Aircraft with unusual landing gear configurations
Enough with the ugly aeroplanes already. My eyes are bleeding.
I always thought the Windsor was a dumb idea but it's only dawned on me, literally in the last few months, that with a geodetic wing it wasn't so dumb after all.
Here is one more:http://www.luftarchiv.de/index.htm?/piloten/ar232.htm
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Ah yes, the Prospector (remember seeing one at Oshkosh) - which reminds me of the Auster Shopping Trolley - the B.4:
Possibly off-topic (not really configuration), but I wonder if there were any issues with the Tridents off-centre nose wheel. I've never heard about there being any problems but it sure looked odd.
https://i.stack.imgur.com/XZEYN.jpg
The Il-62 tailwheel. Used on the ground to prevent tipping.
And my all time favorite the Sea Dart:
The Il-62 tailwheel. Used on the ground to prevent tipping.
And my all time favorite the Sea Dart:
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Yes, the offset weight of the wheels when stowed caused the aircraft to fly right wing low.
Ah yes, the Prospector (remember seeing one at Oshkosh) - which reminds me of the Auster Shopping Trolley - the B.4:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Percival-N747JC.JPG
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Ah yes, N747JC was the EP9 I saw at KOSH! I remember another one at Biggin in the late 80s - involved in a nasty fatal crash shortly afterwards at Lydd - parachutists aboard as I recall.
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Is that why CAAC bought them?
Dornier had something special for the Do 27 on mud and soft grounds:
https://images.app.goo.gl/VqzjhtnCTuhnt4v7A
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Did they develop that after the Boscombe Down out-landing?