Landing-gear

Definition

undercarriage / 'ʌndǝkærÇdʒ / (also landing-gear ) n ေလယာဥ္ဘီးအံု။ raise/ lower the undercarriage ❍ AIRCRAFT

Examples

1. ‘He said after landing the undercarriage collapsed but the plane stayed upright.’
2. ‘The proximity of the enemy to the airfield was illustrated by the fact that the fighters barely had time to retract their undercarriages before commencing attacks.’
3. ‘The gears grind as the undercarriage is lowered.’
4. ‘A new undercarriage was fitted
5. with steerable twin nose wheels.’
6. ‘The front undercarriage was retracted and the front of the fuselage
7. from which the cannon projected
8. slightly buried.’
9. ‘All undercarriage wheels rotate freely
10. however
11. while the twin forward sets are also movable they are independent of each other
12. which means the model does not turn easily when taxied.’
13. ‘Other models followed
14. including the Courier
15. the world's first single-engine monoplane with retractable undercarriage.’
16. ‘The prototype was grounded until late November by undercarriage cracks resulting from a heavy landing on the last day of the show.’
17. ‘Judgment of landings is also rather harder on snow and once again the nosewheel undercarriage scores.’
18. ‘A year later
19. in 1989
20. he returned to the flight academy to complete a night flying course on a more advanced aircraft which had a variable pitch propeller and retractable undercarriage.’
21. ‘The aircraft struck the ground heavily
22. causing the nose undercarriage to fail.’
23. ‘On a mission on December 12
24. enemy fire struck the aircraft and damaged its undercarriage hydraulics.’
25. ‘As the main undercarriage contacted the runway
26. the left undercarriage collapsed
27. causing the left wing to come in contact with the runway.’
28. ‘Once airborne
29. Marty tried to retract the undercarriage - but the damage done in the explosion and subsequent fire engulfing the rods
30. levers and hydraulics which are under the wing and which control it - made it impossible.’
31. ‘These were single-engined
32. low-winged monoplanes
33. usually with enclosed cockpits
34. retracting undercarriages
35. and a fixed forward firing armament.’
36. ‘This was to become the first British produced plane with a retractable undercarriage.’
37. ‘The aircraft also has new undercarriage and hydraulics systems.’
38. ‘No sooner had the undercarriage touched the ground
39. than a massive explosion lifted the shuttle back into the air and flipped it over.’
40. ‘When used for planetary decent the shuttle can land like a standard aircraft on a wheeled undercarriage
41. or where there is not an airport
42. it can make a vertical landing on small thrusters
43. at the cost of a greatly reduced payload capacity.’
44. ‘As my speed carried me over him his prop sliced through my undercarriage
45. slashing the fuselage.’