quadricycle landing gear

noun

An aircraft undercarriage configuration featuring four main wheels of roughtly equal size, arranged in tandem pairs along the fuselage centerline, offering superior ground stability for large, heavy, or cargo-focused aircraft.

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Meanings

nounquadricycle landing gear (countable and uncountable, plural quadricycle landing gears)

plural quadricycle landing gears

  1. countableuncountableaeronauticsAn aircraft undercarriage configuration featuring four main wheels of roughtly equal size, arranged in tandem pairs along the fuselage centerline, offering superior ground stability for large, heavy, or cargo-focused aircraft.
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