Landing gear

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But the most radical aspect of the redesign is the landing gear which will allow astronauts to set the spacecraft down on solid ground.

which combined parachutes with landing gear powered by retrorockets that could lower the rover to the surface on tethers.

but then they wouldn't have a convenient place for the rear landing gear and having the engines close to the ground makes them easier to service.

But robotic landing gear developed for DARPA at the Georgia Institute of technology (Georgia Tech) could better equip these aircraft to land just about anywhere.

The new landing gear features four robotic legs with bendable"knees"that turn a normal helicopter into

and take off from terrain that would be impossible to operate from with standard landing gear,"Ashish Bagai,

what Bagai referred to as"standard landing gear, "which typically features either retractable wheels or fixed skids (the ski-type beams sometimes seen under the fuselage of a helicopter).

The robo-insect landing gear can handle landings on irregular terrain, even if there are significant obstacles in the way,

#Robotic Landing gear could help pilots land on rocky mountains and moving boats Helicopters may be able to move in any direction in the air,

but rigid landing gear means they are only able to land and takeoff on stable, flat surfaces.

engineers have designed Robotic Landing gear. The system comprises four articulated legs that can bend to land on uneven terrain

Instead of traditional landing gear, the system has jointed four legs that are able to fold up next to the helicopter fuselage or body while in flight.

and take off from terrain that would be impossible to operate from with standard landing gear. Having the ability to land on

Reduced risk of damage during hard landings, by as much as a factor of five, compared to conventional landing gear Stable landing and takeoff on sloping terrain of up to 20 degrees, more than twice current limits and on craggy,

the landing gear is designed to let a helicopter touch down on sloping terrain up to 20 degrees, which is not currently possible,

compared to conventional landing gear. As well as working on new landing systems, Darpa is developing swarms of reusable drone aircraft that can work together to perform a mission,

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