How landing gears work

After a long, smooth flight, you have finally arrived at your destination and you hear the sound of landing gears opening up as the plane lands. The seatbelt sign is turned on and you ready yourself for a bumpy ride as the tires touch the ground. You are at home!

Landing a plane without making a fuss is not an easy task, and there is a complex and interesting mechanism that is designed for this purpose. Before we go into detail about how landing gear systems work, let’s start with answering the most essential question: what is landing gear?

In principle, landing gears are the part of an airplane that supports the weight of it when in contact with the land or water. Just like everything in the flight industry, these systems have also developed and transformed into new forms. Today, retractable landing gears are used on airplanes, and there are a couple of reasons for that. Due to the complexity of these vital systems, suppliers of the gears are top professionals in their fields.

Well, how do planes land so smoothly then; is it all because of the tires? Actually, tires are just a part of a whole puzzle, and they are backed with a sturdy steel strut. As these complex systems can affect the quality and safety of the flight, pilots also must have a grasp on the subject.

If you are curious about how these engineering marvels play an important role in our travels, do not go anywhere before taking a look at our video. You may be surprised to learn how these systems became a milestone for the bright future of air travel!

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[vj.joseph]

A combination of tyres and a very big buoyant float as well as the default landing gears can make the planes land almost anywhere on earth. Most surface area of earth is ocean. So a float might be good to be considered too.

[__-icsi]

Was building wheels in my game, thank you.

[wasantha]

These videos are very educative...
Thanks all for bringing ....

[keerthigowda]

Hello sir..! please make videos on aeroplanes & it's technology involved 🙏🏻

[ozaizens]

is it necessary to keep inside the landing gear of a airplane after take off? does it really affect the flight if it still deployed

[David-uwfg]

nice video..is there any training for L/G technician license?

[joseoriolquintanilladicent]

The monoskid thing was just a joke, right?
Form the picture showed it's clearly not a good idea XD

[dmknight]

That’s 5 minutes I’ll never get back. I guess this is helpful for “how landing gear works” for small children. But this literally doesn’t tell how anything works. A different title would be less deceptive and click baitish for people who are genuinely look for how landing gear works. You know like more about hydraulics, Bernoulli’s principle, Pascal’s law, electrical systems, etc… for bigger kids. Just sayin’. But yeah, good enlighten for small kids.

[Southwest_WR]

This.... my God, he sounds so CHIDiSH, but after seeing comments, I see it was aimed at kids!
Showingv gear retracttion... BACKWARDS?!?
Come on man?!!!
Don't worry, I wont be back here again!!!!