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A Cessna 150 converted to taildragger configuration by installation of an aftermarket modification kit. Conventional landing gear, or tailwheel-type landing gear, is an aircraft undercarriage consisting of two main wheels forward of the center of gravity and a small wheel or skid to support the tail. [ 1][ 2] The term taildragger is also used.
United States Army Air Corps. Number built. 625 [ 1] Developed from. Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra. Variants. Lockheed Ventura. The Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar is a passenger transport aircraft of the World War II era, developed as part of the Model 10 Electra family; developed from the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra .
The landing gear represents 2.5 to 5% of the maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) and 1.5 to 1.75% of the aircraft cost, but 20% of the airframe direct maintenance cost. A suitably-designed wheel can support 30 t (66,000 lb), tolerate a ground speed of 300 km/h and roll a distance of 500,000 km (310,000 mi) ; it has a 20,000 hours time between overhaul and a 60,000 hours or 20 year life time.
First flight. 1984. Number built. ca. 500 by 1995. Maule MX-7-235. Maule M-7-235C on amphibious floats. Maule M-7-235C on tundra tires. Maule M-7-260C Orion. The Maule M-7 is a family of single-engine light aircraft that has been manufactured in the United States since the mid-1980s.
The PA-20 Pacer is a tailwheel aircraft and thus has somewhat limited forward visibility on the ground and relatively demanding ground-handling characteristics. To help introduce more pilots to easier, safer flying, from February 1951, Piper introduced the PA-22 Tri-Pacer with a nosewheel instead of the tailwheel landing gear. [2]
The 500 is a luxurious aircraft with a spacious cabin, ample baggage capacity, a large door situated close to the ground for easy entry, and an onboard toilet. [ 1] The spacious interior of N500HP, an executive Howard 500. The engine chosen was a new, higher-power and lighter-weight version of the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 that had been developed ...
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. The Lockheed NF-104A is an American mixed-power, high-performance, supersonic aerospace trainer that served as a low-cost astronaut training vehicle for the North American X-15 and projected Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar programs. Three aircraft were modified from existing Lockheed F-104A Starfighter airframes, and served ...
250 [ 1] The CAC Boomerang is a fighter aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation between 1942 and 1945. Approved for production shortly following the Empire of Japan 's entry into the Second World War, the Boomerang was rapidly designed as to meet the urgent demands for fighter aircraft to equip ...