Swept vs. unswept landing gear

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

I don't believe it's sweep per se' that makes the plane stick to the ground. 
I can't really think of engineering reasons why sweep in needed. But some guys 
think they look kool

What I do with my moldings is to introduce some flexibility in the vertical 
direction. The gear is designed to be stiff in torsion and moderately stiff in 
the longitudinal direction (fuse axis). 

The concept is old of course
. 
Simply take a look under the car at the wishbone suspension that supports the 
wheels. Same concept.

About 1/3 of the weight of my gear is in the Dave Brown 2 3/4" wheels, so the 
gear is lighter than usual by some margin.

Matt K

> Subj:Swept vs. unswept landing gear 
> Date:5/3/2004 7:41:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:JOddino at socal.rr.com
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> Recently I started flying the Alliance with its swept landing gear.  I'm 
> really impressed with the way it lands without bouncing.  I notice the Focus LG 
> is not swept.  What kind of experience are people having with swept vs. 
> unswept or has that got anying to do with how the plane sticks to the runway?  I'd 
> like to hear the theories if there are any.
> Jim
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