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In Hugh Morgans book a drawing of a Me 262 pre-project is shown, already posted by hesham
here http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,6994.msg187046.html#msg187046,
probably the P.1065, It shows the contemplated low and midwing layouts and their landing gear
arrangements. I stumbled across the layout for the low wing variant, where the main gear legs
aren't attached on the chord line. For getting the wheels on the same line, the main gear hinges
would have to had different angles, an arrangement I haven't seen on other aircraft, I think.
May have resulted in a more complicated production and maybe in problems with the adjustment
of the damping characteristic to my opinion.
Two questions resulting out of curiosity andmy special interest for landing gears:
- Was such an asymmetrical landing gear actually used on an aircraft ?
- The Me 262 was designed for ease of production, but were the main gear legs interchangeable ?
here http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,6994.msg187046.html#msg187046,
probably the P.1065, It shows the contemplated low and midwing layouts and their landing gear
arrangements. I stumbled across the layout for the low wing variant, where the main gear legs
aren't attached on the chord line. For getting the wheels on the same line, the main gear hinges
would have to had different angles, an arrangement I haven't seen on other aircraft, I think.
May have resulted in a more complicated production and maybe in problems with the adjustment
of the damping characteristic to my opinion.
Two questions resulting out of curiosity andmy special interest for landing gears:
- Was such an asymmetrical landing gear actually used on an aircraft ?
- The Me 262 was designed for ease of production, but were the main gear legs interchangeable ?