CS 22.483 One-wheel landing condition
CAA ORS9 Decision No. 1
If the two wheels of a main landing gear arrangement are laterally separated (see AMC 22.477(1)) the conditions under CS 22.479(a)(2), (b) and (c) must be applied also to each wheel separately taking into account limiting effects of bank. In the absence of a more rational analysis the limit kinetic energy must be computed as follows:
where:
Variable | Meaning |
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mred |
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Vv | rate of descent |
m | mass of the sailplane (kg) |
a | half the track (m) |
ix | radius of gyration of the sailplane (m) |