Landing gear (spaceflight) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-05

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00:01:16 1 Aircraft landing gear
00:02:33 1.1 Gear arrangements
00:05:13 1.2 Retractable gear
00:07:43 1.3 Large aircraft
00:10:45 1.4 Nautical
00:12:00 1.5 Other types of landing gear
00:12:11 1.5.1 Skis
00:12:32 1.5.2 Detachable landing gear
00:14:41 1.5.3 Rearwards and sideways retraction
00:17:19 1.5.4 Tandem layout
00:19:27 1.5.5 Crosswind landing accommodation
00:20:36 1.5.6 "Kneeling" gear
00:22:51 1.5.7 Monowheel
00:23:44 1.5.8 Helicopters
00:24:24 1.5.9 Tailsitter
00:24:43 1.5.10 Light aircraft
00:25:26 1.5.11 Folding gear
00:26:35 1.6 Ground carriage
00:27:30 1.7 Steering
00:28:48 1.7.1 Rudder steering
00:29:33 1.7.2 Direct steering
00:30:40 1.7.3 Differential braking
00:31:38 1.7.4 Tiller steering
00:32:33 1.8 Tires and wheels
00:33:04 1.8.1 Gear loading
00:39:47 1.8.2 Inflation pressure
00:41:54 1.9 Landing gear and accidents
00:46:10 1.9.1 Emergency extension systems
00:47:07 1.9.2 Ground resonance in rotorcraft
00:49:09 1.10 Stowaways in aircraft landing gear
00:49:55 2 Spacecraft
00:50:05 2.1 Launch vehicles
00:54:20 2.2 Landers
00:55:34 3 See also



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Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft and may be used for either takeoff or landing. For aircraft it is generally both. It was also formerly called alighting gear by some manufacturers, such as the Glenn L. Martin Company.
For aircraft, the landing gear supports the craft when it is not flying, allowing it to take off, land, and taxi without damage. Wheels are typically used but skids, skis, floats or a combination of these and other elements can be deployed depending both on the surface and on whether the craft only operates vertically (VTOL) or is able to taxi along the surface. Faster aircraft usually have retractable undercarriages, which fold away during flight to reduce air resistance or drag.
For launch vehicles and spacecraft landers, the landing gear is typically designed to support the vehicle only post-flight, and are typically not used for takeoff or surface movement.