On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:54:18 -0400, Ron Natalie
wrote:

Robert M. Gary wrote:

The DE who did my private told me about a friend that went through
flight training with him in the B-17 and later the B-24(could have
been 25 though). He crashed after take off because of this and spent
the rest of his life with scaring on his face from the burns.

The B-24 and B-25 gear folds such that there would be some precession
effect. The B-17 just can't have any. The gear swings forward and up
along the plane of rotation.

Even if there is precession on the gear the one on one side moves the
opposite direction of the other. The forces cancel out as far as the
airplane would be concerned.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com