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JLS
11-22-2021, 01:12 PM
In an all wood fuselage design similar to RagWing Roger Mann designs or Fisher Flying products
I'm concerned with strength of undercarriage and dimension of bungee cord shock absorbers.I didn't
found a lot of reference to help. I have the R.Hisckocks PDF that misses the Landing Gear Chapter and
don't know if it could help. All advice is welcome, thanks.

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Link to Ragwing RW22 bungee cord shock absorber pdf design example
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16TqNnjycj2etOZBNkuPJbYPHZ2cGD46c/view?usp=sharing

JLS
11-23-2021, 02:58 PM
A good description of shock cords is there
https://www.univair.com/content/Shock-Cords.pdf

Example with a 1080 cord:

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