from Aircraft Landing Gear Design: Principles and Practices by Norman
S. Currey:
9.5 Castering Nose Wheels
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Configurations a and b in Fig 9.24 are statically neutral and
dynamically stable in both forward and aft movement. In the latter
configiration, the wheel swivels 180 deg for aft mo
There was a good article on landing gear I read once that described the
caster angle in relation to the distance from the axel to the pivot point.
When I made my nose wheel fork I used those dimensions. I didn't have any
shimmy problems however on landings I would bend the spindle back a few
degre
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