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hm ok thanks, I decided I would use a B737 now instead, but the cyclinder diameter is supposed to be the same as the website http://www.malabar.com/pdf/product/axle/sd65P10AR.pdf states it is used in main landing gear. A B737 only has 2 main landing gears sets and a nose gear. If i took the max...

Hi thanks for the reply, do you know which chapter or page I should look at? thanks for this though its useful. I also found a few other figures out now: max weight of B747 = 396890, so max force would be this x9.8 so i got 3889522N for the area i found a website...

Hi I am doing a physics coursework presentation, and i need to calculate the stress in the landing gear of an aircraft. It can be any aircraft I just need some figures, for instance the force on the landing gear as it lands, and the cross-sectional area of the landing gear. The formula for...