Jeff Spitzer wrote:

At 01:05 PM 6/17/99 -0700, you wrote:

Just out of curiousity from a student pilot.  If you say these airplanes
are not designed to land crabbed...what happens if you do?

Jeff Spitzer

Impact side load on the landing gear.
You are supposed to land on one wheel.

Paul Lamar

This, I know.  Let me ask the question a different way.  Does the wheel
break off?

Jeff Spitzer

Depends on the airplane and how hard you do it.

Obviously it will also depend on the type and condition  of the surface
you are landing on.

If you are asking how many G's the gear is designed to take
from a side impact I don't know.

Usually the cross wind capability of the airplane is found in
its specs. I think this has more to do with the controls
rather than how strong the gear is.

Paul Lamar
 
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