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If i am not wrong, there is shimming damper at aircraft nose gear. Anybody have any idea about what's the device for?
I hadn't heard of it either, thanks Fred/cyrus.
Fred, I assume the device is to dampen out oscillations of the nose wheel after landing, hopefully keeping the craft pointing straight down the runway? Is it supposed to assist in, um, 'sideways' landings made in a crosswind?
Lord is a manufacturer that specializes in vibration absorption. They make mounts for engines, drive shaft, etc...Nice animation. Why does the damper say 'lord' on it?!
Never even heard about it until this thread, but http://www.ae.go.dlr.de/dyn/research/shimmy/anims/shimmy-damper_anim.gif [Broken] a nice animation.