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1918
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JUNE 13, 1918. ployed for operating the bombs carried underneath the other wing. The levers in the front cockpit are all mounted on a common bracket built up of steel tubes, and are arranged as follows :—First, there are the two levers which control the two bomb magazines in the rear cockpit. These are pro- vided with thimbles and chains, so that they can- not be operated acci- dentally. Next, a single lever which controls the larger bomb clips on the right wing. These are capable of being secured by split pins inserted in their quadrants. Next, there is a lever which in this particular machine was furnished with no action at all, but is evi- dently designed for manipulating the large bomb! carriers when these are installed. Behind it are, first, a single lever for the left hand outer bomb clips, and, finally, the lever for working the" bomb 'magazine on the right hand side of the nacelle. F. Three-quarter rear view of fuselage and engine mounting. Landing Gear.The landing gear of the A.E.G. bomber is simply an elabora- tion of that which has become practically a standard fittingon single and two-seaters, except that in this machine the gear is in duplicate. It consists of two axles carrying two wheelsa-piece, and suspended from pairs of V struts. One pair is connected to the spars of the centre section immediatelyunderneath the engine strut sockets, and the other to the spars midway between this point and the fuselage and at the samepoint from which diagonal struts are taken from the spars to the engine mounting and nacelle. This, together withthe wire bracing of the landing gear struts provides a com- pletely triangulated construction. The struts are, however,connected by ball joints similar to those used with the engine struts, so that in case of strain a certain amount of freemovement can take.place. The pairs of V struts carry at their foot a hollow steel crossbar having the section of a trough,and in this lies the axie which connects the two wheels. As shown in the sketch Fig. 28 and in the photograph D,the fixed beam has forward and rearward extensions, at each end of which are anchored the ends of the batteries of coilsprings which act as shock absorbers, and at their other ends are hooked to a horn plate on the wheel axle. Eachbattery of springs, of which there are four to each axle, G. Side view. 644
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