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  2. Honda Gold Wing - Wikipedia

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    The Honda Gold Wing is a series of touring motorcycles manufactured by Honda.Gold Wings feature shaft drive and a flat engine.Characterized by press in September 1974 as "The world's biggest motor cycle manufacturer's first attack on the over-750cc capacity market...", [4] it was introduced at the Cologne Motorcycle Show in October 1974.

  3. High-lift device - Wikipedia

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    Powered high-lift systems generally use airflow from the engine to shape the flow of air over the wing, replacing or modifying the action of the flaps. Blown flaps take " bleed air " from the jet engine 's compressor or engine exhaust and blow it over the rear upper surface of the wing and flap, re-energising the boundary layer and allowing the ...

  4. Ground resonance - Wikipedia

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    Ground resonance is usually precipitated by a hard landing or an asymmetrical ground contact, and is more likely to occur when components of the landing gear or damping system are improperly maintained, such as the drag hinge dampers, oleo struts, or wheel tire pressure. Under extreme conditions, the initial shock can cause violent oscillations ...

  5. Landing gear - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Ground carriage - Wikipedia

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    An aircraft ground carriage (also "ground power assisted takeoff and landing concept") is a landing gear system connected to the ground, on which aircraft can take off and land without their aircraft-installed landing gear. [1] The technical feasibility of the ground carriage is being investigated by two research groups.

  7. Conventional landing gear - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Goldwing - Wikipedia

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    Goldwing may refer to: Honda Gold Wing, a Japanese motorcycle; Goldwing Ltd Goldwing, an American ultralight aircraft design; American Goldwing, a 2011 album by ...

  9. Landing gear extender - Wikipedia

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    They move the wheels forward of the landing gear leg by 2-3 inches (5–8 cm). [ 1 ] The installation of landing gear extenders is almost always the result of operational experience with an aircraft design that shows a problem with the landing gear – when the brakes are applied heavily the aircraft has a tendency to go up on its nose and ...