USAAVRADCOM-TR-81-D-15, HELICOPTER LANDING GEAR DESIGN AND TEST CRITERIA INVESTIGATION (AUG-1981)

USAAVRADCOM-TR-81-D-15, HELICOPTER LANDING GEAR DESIGN AND TEST CRITERIA INVESTIGATION (AUG-1981)., This report presents the results of an investigation to summarize the landing gear criteria for helicopters. The investigation was conducted in two phases. The first phase constitutes a summary of a literature survey and the second phase consists of a design study of various landing gear configurations. Landing gears designed to the proposed new criteria are considered to be cost-effective since the savings in damage will exceed the procurement cost differential for the gear. William T. Alexander and Charles E. Stuhlman of the Aeronautical Technology Division, Structures Technical Area, served as project engineers for this effort.