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

Here it is FAR Part 23.485  0.5 G on outside wheel and 0.33 G on inside
wheel side load condition.

Not much.

Paul Lamar
 
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