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Where would these struts go? I assume in the landing gear suspension, and if so does that provide enough feedback to adequately understand the load and distrib
by SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
Where would these struts go? I assume in the landing gear suspension, and if so does that provide enough feedback to adequately understand the load and distribution? That's usually only 3 points of contact across the whole of the aircraft, isn't it?
- londons_explore 4y ago3 points is exactly what you need to know the total weight, forward-back weight distribution, and left-right weight distribution. You don't get to know the top-bottom weight distribution, but that is rarely an issue in aviation.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoFair enough, I assumed there might need to be more consideration in where the weight in in terms of where along the wing it is, stuff like that, but I guess not.
- KMag 4y agoYou can still work out the total weight and the location of the center of mass (in 2D) from the strain on the three landing gear struts. It's a linear system of 3 equations and 3 unknowns. As another commenter has pointed out, there may be an issue with wind, as the whole point of the airplane is that it efficiently converts a relative air velocity into an apparent change in weight.