Standard:

• AIR1494
• Revision: A

Reaffirmed:

• 2007-07-09

Revised:

• 1997-03-01

Revision:

• Historical. Access the latest revision: AIR1494B

Issuing:

• A-5b Gears, Struts And Couplings Committee

Scope:

Verification of landing gear design strength is accomplished by dynamic and static test programs. This is essentially a verification of the analytical procedures used to design the gear. An industry survey was recently conducted to determine just what analysis and testing are currently being applied to landing gear. Timing in relation to first flight of new aircraft was also questioned. Opinions were solicited from designers of the following categories and/or types of aircraft: a. military - large land based (bomber);b. mililtary - small land based (fighter);c. military - carrier based (Navy); d. military - helicopter (large);e. military - helicopter (small-attack); f. commercial - large (airliner); g. commercial - small (business); and h. USAF (WPAFB) - recommendations. It is the objective of this AIR to present a summary of these responses. It is hoped that this summary will be useful to designers as a guide and/or check list in establishing criteria for landing gear analysis and test.

History:

Standard	Published	Revision	Status
AIR1494B	2010-04-13	Latest	Cancelled
AIR1494A	1997-03-01	Historical	Reaffirmed
AIR1494	1978-02-01	Historical	Issued

AKA:

• SAE AIR 1494

Sector:

• Aerospace

Topic:

• Landing gear