0 the set of wheels and other parts that support a plane when it is on the ground and make it possible to take off and land --
How is it that we do not find incorporated in such machines devices like retractable undercarriages, slots and variable pitched propellers?
Trials afloat have shown that undercarriage-less jets can be landed on deck in fair weather with little difficulty.
By a combination of high engine power, advanced wing design and a special undercarriage.
It is slow, and has a fixed undercarriage.
During the war one firm was called upon to clean the rough castings of undercarriages by use of solvent.
That will enable aircraft without undercarriages to be operated from carriers.
There are, for instance, sub-contractors for the undercarriage, and that weighs many, many tons.
The pilot raised the undercarriage and the aircraft skidded to a halt.