Case Hampton

Physics

17 September, 20:42

A "conventional gear" tailwheel airplane has the center of mass aft of the two main wheels and a smaller, third wheel at the tail. a "tricycle gear" airplane has the center of mass forward of the two main wheels and the third wheel near the nose. consider a shiny, new airplane landing on its main wheels, with the fuselage at a left yaw angle with respect to the direction of motion down the runway. with which of these two types of landing gear would the airplane be easier to land? explain.