Preliminary Design Analysis of Landing Struts for a Light Aircraft, Please help

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The discussion revolves around a student's struggle with a homework assignment on the preliminary design analysis of landing struts for a light aircraft. They express confusion about the correct order of calculations and seek guidance on the friction force during touchdown, questioning whether it should act inward or if a worst-case scenario should be considered. Another student, also working on the same assignment, joins in to inquire if anyone has made progress. The overall sentiment reflects a need for clarity and direction in tackling the assignment's complexities. Assistance and collaboration among peers are emphasized as crucial for understanding the topic.
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Hey, I'm struggling beyond belief with this assignment, one of the attached pdf's is the question and the variables given. What I'm struggling with most is what order I'm meant to do things in, I think I've got the start of it sussed but beyond that I'm clueless I've got many pages of random calculations but I'm not sure if any are correct.

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There are a couple of pages that I've done attached, literally have no idea if what I'm doing is correct though


Any help would be much appreciated... I'm desperate!
 

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Not really my field but have you got the direction right for the friction force? At touch down the wheels will be pushed outwards so I expected friction to act inwards?

Edit: or are they concerned about the worse case where the aircraft is landing with side slip/crabbing? In which case you are probably right.
 
Hmm I'm not to sure if they are concerned with a worse case scenario, it'd make sense to me just to be safe side of things.
 
Hi WetFork. I am a second year SHU student on the same assignment as you. Has anyone on your course got any further with this?
 

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