Conventional landing gear

Conventional landing gear
Tags: FAA Pilot's Handbook
Conventional landing gear. Landing gear employing a third rear-mounted wheel. These airplanes are also sometimes referred to as tailwheel airplanes.

Conventional landing gear is an aircraft undercarriage consisting of two main wheels forward of the centre of gravity and a small wheel or skid to support the tail.[1][2] ...

The conventional landing gear were changed into a tricycle gear configuration.

In powered aircraft, the ground loop phenomenon is predominantly associated with aircraft that have conventional landing gear and is typically blamed on the center of gravity being positioned behind the main wheels.

See also: Aviation, Aircraft, Landing, Tricycle gear, Crew