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Ramp geometry - Landing gear design

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BenoitLescot

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Jan 13, 2010
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Location
Provence, France
Hi there,

Am working on the landing gear for my project, I was having a thought about the ramp geometry, basically I want my gear to be as low as possible for obvious weight reasons, but one specific about flying-boats is when pulling up the ramp, a picture better than 1000 words so here is what I'm worried about :
Drawing%20-%20Ramp.PNG


Is that likely to be a problem or are the ramps out there offer very smooth transitions ? what is the typical ramp angle ?

thanks all !
 
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