> On August 31, 2018 at 9:03 PM Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > Several years ago I submitted to NASA Tech Briefs Idea Contest my idea of > putting curved sheet metal "buckets", not unlike those of water turbines, > on the wheels of aircraft to spin up the wheels and tires when the landing > gear was deployed so there would not be sudden angular acceleration of the > wheels at touchdown.
Savonius powered landing gear? I wonder how much force it takes to start them turning. The real question, is it worth making the gear bay doors larger? Mitch _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
