3. LANDING GEAR CONFIGURATIONS

A landing gear usually takes the form of two or more main undercarriage units in the wings or fuselage, and an auxiliary undercarriage unit at the nose or tail which carries only a small proportion of the total load and is used steering purposes.

-Aircraft landing-gear can be classified as either;

a.       Tricycle configuration

b.      Convectional Configuration

c.       Tandem Landing Gear Configuration