Fixed gear vs. retracts

[Jeff Hughes]

The thing all you guys assume is that the only way to have fixed gear 
is in the fuselage. I've got a Jupiter with torsion bar wire gear in 
the wing, and you can't hurt it, no matter what kind of landing you 
make!. It's tough, lite and maintance free.
Jeff

> I have two identical Hydeouts. Same CG everything, except the U/C.
>  
> The retract version needs 30% more rudder to KE and struggles over a
> KE-loop. The fixed gear version requires less rudder for all of the
> aforementioned. 
>  
> I love the way the fixed gear flies but hat dead stick landings off-
field
> and have delaminated my share of legs... Retracts soak up the 
punishment and
> bounce much much less. However they bend, they break the retract 
plate etc.
> so you carry the out to runway, and back again.
>  
> Bottom line - fly fixed gear - get good engine - land slow..
>  
> Eric.
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gray E Fowler [mailto:gfowler at raytheon.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 10:38 AM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: Fixed gear vs. retracts
> 
> 
> 
> The faster you go the more impact a gear door can have. I would guess 
that
> at the slower speeds that everyone is attempting, gear door effect is
> negligible at best.
> 
> 
> 
> Gray Fowler
> Principal Chemical Engineer
> Composites Engineering
> 

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