tricycle landing gear

noun

A common aircraft undercarriage design resembling a tricycle, with one or two wheels at the nose and two main wheels aft of the center of gravity, typically under or behind the wings.

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Meanings

nountricycle landing gear (countable and uncountable, plural tricycle landing gears)

plural tricycle landing gears

  1. countableuncountableaeronauticsA common aircraft undercarriage design resembling a tricycle, with one or two wheels at the nose and two main wheels aft of the center of gravity, typically under or behind the wings.
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APA

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Chicago

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