Thread: how big does landing gear have to be?
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Old 11-22-2012, 02:14 PM
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Because military aircraft are designed to be slammed down hard on short poorly made runways.

Commercial planes land on nice runways.

Navy planes have extremely strong gear for aircraft carrier landings.
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