Tricycle gear

General Notes

• Stable as CG is forwards of main gear
• Can be landed with fairly high crab angles

Tailwheel gear

General Notes

• Provides additional propeller clearence
• Provides more lift at takeoff due to angled configuration
• Inherently unstable due to CG location being behind main gear
• Requires continuous pilot input for correction to avoid ground loop
• Has less drag and weight compared to tricycle gear

Tandem gear (bicycle gear)

General Notes

• Often requires aircraft to have high lift at low AOA due to rear wheel being very far back behind CG
• Take off and land at flat attitudes
• Useful for aircraft with narrow fuselage w/ wide wing span

Quadricycle

General Notes