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That makes sense and thank you. It looks like taking into consideration the time necessary to decelerate the vertical component to zero is a factor that I was overlooking.

Using the equation to determine shock stroke I input a gear load factor. For the aircraft landing gear that I am designing, I am assuming a gear load factor of 5 which is what is generally used for Navy fighter aircraft. This is because I am designing landing gear for a STOL aircraft and I want...