US investigators have been scrutinising shimmy damper mechanisms from a Red Air Boeing MD-82 which suffered a main landing-gear collapse and runway excursion after touching down at Miami. The aircraft ...
US investigators have attributed a Red Air Boeing MD-82’s main landing-gear collapse and runway excursion to ineffective shimmy dampening during roll-out, after the jet touched down in Miami. The ...
These graphs compare the pressure/flow characteristics of orifice and capillary restrictors. The characteristic impedance of an orifice restrictor does not vary linearly, so it will not always match ...