Aircraft with unusual landing gear configurations

[pax britanica]

And there's me thinking that the Trident (weird but logical) offset nosewheel qualifies -not even close

[DHfan]

I'm glad it wasn't only me getting ready to suggest that.

[old,not bold]

And there was the Vickers Windsor......

[DuncanDoenitz]

Enough with the ugly aeroplanes already. My eyes are bleeding.

[DHfan]

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.

[Less Hair]

Here is one more:http://www.luftarchiv.de/index.htm?/piloten/ar232.htm

[Cornish Jack]

No piccy, but I seem to recall a Percival high wing s/e intended for freight and agricultural work ?

[ex82watcher]

CJ, I think you are referring to the Percival Protector ?

[DHfan]

Could be the Edgar Percival (as opposed to just Percival) Ep.9 which was an odd looking thing but with a relatively normal undercarriage, given its design.

[treadigraph]

Ah yes, the Prospector (remember seeing one at Oshkosh) - which reminds me of the Auster Shopping Trolley - the B.4:

[Peter47]

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.

[Less Hair]

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:

Convair Sea Dart video

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by Peter47

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.

Yes, the offset weight of the wheels when stowed caused the aircraft to fly right wing low.

[DHfan]

Originally Posted by treadigraph

Ah yes, the Prospector (remember seeing one at Oshkosh) - which reminds me of the Auster Shopping Trolley - the B.4:

That's certainly odd but the picture I found was a bit less odd.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Percival-N747JC.JPG

[treadigraph]

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.

[ex82watcher]

Originally Posted by DaveReidUK

Yes, the offset weight of the wheels when stowed caused the aircraft to fly right wing low.

Ah,so that explains why they frequently used to stray from centre line when going up and down UA37 ,and often needed a 'little help'

[treadigraph]

Is that why CAAC bought them?

[Jhieminga]

Originally Posted by Less Hair

Dornier had something special for the Do 27 on mud and soft grounds:
https://images.app.goo.gl/VqzjhtnCTuhnt4v7A

Check out the B-36 version of that:

[treadigraph]

Did they develop that after the Boscombe Down out-landing?

[Jhieminga]

As far as I know it was tested on the prototype, so the answer is: probably not. It would certainly have been a better option on that particular occasion...