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Undercarriage is the part of a moving vehicle that is underneath the main body of the vehicle. The term originally applied to this part of a horse-drawn carriage, and usage has since broadened to include:

  • The landing gear of an aircraft.
  • The chassis of an automobile.
  • The tractor treads of a tractor or tank.
  • The underframe of a locomotive
  • The undercarriage assembly of a train car or locomotive, known as a bogie, incorporating the train wheel sets, suspension, brakes and, in powered units, the traction motors

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Undercarriage

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Look up undercarriage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Undercarriage. Undercarriage is the part of a moving...

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Undercarriage arrangements

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Below are featured the wheeled undercarriage (also called landing gear) arrangements of some modern commercial jet airliners and large military aircraft...

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Front axle assembly

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Coachbuilder Front axle assembly Hammercloth Shaft bow Swingletree/singletree Undercarriage Wainwright Wheelwright Whippletree/double tree Harness Bearing rein...

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Landing gear

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Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for taxiing, takeoff or landing. For aircraft it is generally needed for both...

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Conventional landing gear

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Conventional landing gear, or tailwheel-type landing gear, is an aircraft undercarriage consisting of two main wheels forward of the center of gravity and a...

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Compact excavator

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compact hydraulic excavators have three distinct assemblies: house, undercarriage and workgroup. The house structure contains the operator's compartment...

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Owen Finlay Maclaren

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for Esso. Then he moved. He designed Spitfire undercarriage legs when working for Maclaren Undercarriage Company Ltd, and while living in West Drayton...

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Underglow

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In the car industry, underglow or ground effects lighting refers to neon or LED aftermarket car customization in which lights are attached to the underside...

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Tricycle landing gear

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Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear, arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has a single nose wheel in...

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Concorde

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(2003) Because of the way Concorde's delta-wing generated lift, the undercarriage had to be unusually strong and tall to allow for the angle of attack...

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Supermarine Scimitar

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undercarriage be used. Accordingly, Supermarine produced the closely related Type 508, equipped with an enlarged wing and retractable undercarriage....

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Airbus A350

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attachment of the A350's main undercarriage as part of the switch to a composite wing structure. Each main undercarriage leg is attached to the rear wing...

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Borgward 1500 RS

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The Borgward 1500 RS was a racing sports car in the class with up to 1.5 liters displacement, which the Carl F.W. Borgward G. mb H. Automobil- und Motoren-Werke...

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Honda XRV650

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The XRV650 Africa Twin is an enduro motorcycle produced by the Japanese manufacturer Honda from 1988 to 1989. The enduro is derived from the design of...

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Excavator

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favor of a line and winch. The modern excavator's house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels, being an evolution of the steam shovel (which...

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List of United States tornadoes in April 2024

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One fatality occurred in a mobile home that was destroyed with its undercarriage wrapped around a tree; another mobile home was also damaged. The tornado...

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Heinkel He 177 Greif

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the anticipated weight of the He 177 increased so much that a main undercarriage design sufficient to handle the 32 metric tons (35 short tons) loaded...

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Junkers Ju 288

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parts and the unresolved problems with the aircraft's powerplant and undercarriage. It is believed[by whom?] that the 288s were attached to the same unit...

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Hawker Hurricane

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all biplanes with fixed-pitch wooden propellers and non-retractable undercarriages. At the time, there was an institutional reluctance towards change within...

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Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport

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the port undercarriage collapsed as a result of a heavy landing. On 18 November 2009, Iran Air Fokker 100 EP-CFO suffered an undercarriage malfunction...

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Ramstein air show disaster

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impact, but there is no substantial evidence pointing to this; the undercarriage could have been lowered by a number of factors. In April 1991, Werner...

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Crosswind landing

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drift poses significant safety issues because safe operation of the undercarriage requires the body and track of the aircraft to be aligned with the runway...

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Avro 504

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needed]. The improved, redesigned and radial-engined 504N with a new undercarriage was produced by Avro in 1925. After evaluation of two prototypes, one...

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