Why did the Grumman engineers go with that landing gear? Not seeing the advantage compared to a more traditional Wing mounted landing gear like on a P-51
Back when men were men and planes were tough. No fly-by-wire no hydraulicly boasted controls no computers. It was pure skill that flew these old planes
Interesting design on the F8F landing gear. I wonder why they just didn't mount it further outboard and despence with the complex "monkey motion?" I'm sure there was a sound reason.
@mikeframe5450 In order to have the same height (which was required to swing such a large propeller) the landing gear would have to be considerable longer, necessitating the pivots being further outboard on the wing… this would increase the weight of the wing structure to give it suitable strength, as well as moving the guns further outboard, which would again require more structure weight as well as making convergence more difficult. The opposite motion link was a very clever solution.
My arm was definitely sore by the time we were done with the gear swings that day.
Clever stenciling on the drip pan.
I bet those who flew the F4F Wildcat before preferred the hand crank, chain and sprocket system… 30 turns for up, 30 turns down!
Why did the Grumman engineers go with that landing gear? Not seeing the advantage compared to a more traditional Wing mounted landing gear like on a P-51
Radial engines have very large propellers and need ground clearance and a lot of navy aircraft have folding wings for storage on carriers. Thx
Back when men were men and planes were tough. No fly-by-wire no hydraulicly boasted controls no computers. It was pure skill that flew these old planes
The F8F had hydraulically boosted control surfaces.
If it’s hydraulic it seems like the system needs bleeding?
Would it be possible to obtain some drawings of these landing gear so that I could build a scale operating set for a model airplane?
I'm a RC modeler myself and have never found any myself.
See Robart or Sierra RC gear manufacturing. Thx
Is the outer gear door meant to have that gap between the wing & the door?
What is the regular hydraulic pressure in these?
Sorry I didn't ask them.
It is between 1200 and 1500 psi
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Thanks for that, I'm more used to working on commercial aircraft at 3000psi with dreaded Skydrol.
Interesting design on the F8F landing gear. I wonder why they just didn't mount it further outboard and despence with the complex "monkey motion?" I'm sure there was a sound reason.
@mikeframe5450 In order to have the same height (which was required to swing such a large propeller) the landing gear would have to be considerable longer, necessitating the pivots being further outboard on the wing… this would increase the weight of the wing structure to give it suitable strength, as well as moving the guns further outboard, which would again require more structure weight as well as making convergence more difficult. The opposite motion link was a very clever solution.
Testing the gear in the HANGAR. Learn how to spell!
really.wtf dude,human factor