Avro Lancaster - The Undercarriage
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2024
- Here, we shall look at the Avro Lancaster Bomber’s Undercarriage Assembly and systems. We shall look at wartime diagrams and photographs. We shall refer to extracts from the wartime Air Ministry manuals.
Join us, as we take a tour of the Lancaster’s Undercarriage Assemblies, as we embark on a journey aimed at promoting UK Aviation Heritage.
Textual extracts from Air Ministry Air Publications are Crown Copyright and transcribed with the kind permission of the National Archives, London. All colour diagrams are based on original Air Ministry Air Publications mono illustrations and transcribed into colour by Bryan Atkinson with the permission of the National Archives, London.
Thanks must also be given to the following superb organisations for their kind support when Bryan Atkinson originally developed The Lancaster Explored PC CD-ROM back in 2004, all are listed below and are included once again in this series of videos.
Lancaster B.Mk.I, PA474. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Lancaster B.Mk.I, R5868. Royal Air Force Museum, London.
Lancaster B. Mk.III, DV372. Imperial War Museum.
Lancaster B.Mk.X, KB889. Imperial War Museum, Duxford.
Lancaster B.Mk.VII, NX611. Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre.
The Norman Groom & Jeremy Hall Lancaster Nose Sections.
The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust.
The National Archives, London.
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Table of Contents:
00:00 - Introction
00:34 - Lancaster Undercarriage Overview
03:37 - Shock Absorber Struts
05:17 - Tail Wheel Unit
05:49 - The Undercarriage Indicator
06:17 - Undercarriage Indicator Master Switch
07:30 - Undercarriage Warning Horn
08:20 - The Hydraulic System
09:46 - The Undercarriage Lever
10:45 - Main Wheels Emergency System
12:18 - The Pneumatic System
14:14 - THe Brakes System
15:07 - Bonus Undercarriage Photographs
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Another great video Bryan, The Lancaster undercarriage was very strong when PA474 joined BBMF we took the wheels off to fit new tyres, due to age not wear. We had to remove the undercarriage lever as it had a hydraulic leak, once refitted we did lots of retractions tests. Up on jacks the aircraft jumped like mad as the undercarriage thumped into the up position, lowering the undercarriage it felt like the weight was making it jump forward, it scared the hell out of me !
Thanks for the info!
Your insights are always greatly appreciated too, Dave.
Amazing detail, and I am blown away by how well you present the material!
Thank you so much 😀
Great video as usual, the Lancaster truly was a amazing feat of engineering shame so little remain
Thanks for watching and I Totally agree
Why were balloon tyres used in wartime as opposed to treads on postwar? Was it because, at the beginning of hostilities, airfields were mainly grass?
I could have something to do with grass airfields. Can anyone help with this question?
The USAAF B17s and B24s used the same type tires and they operated from concrete airstrips.