AIR6280 Overview of Aircraft Landing Gear Shimmy Analysis Methods
Reaffirmed
01/26/2026
- Content
- This SAE Aerospace Information Report (AIR) provides an overview of the tire properties, strut properties, damper properties, and other landing gear mechanical properties that contribute to shimmy stability and are required for shimmy analysis. A variety of analysis techniques and assumptions are presented.
- Pages
- 19
- Citation
- SAE International Information Report, Overview of Aircraft Landing Gear Shimmy Analysis Methods, SAE Standard AIR6280, Reaffirmed January 2026, Issued June 2021, https://doi.org/10.4271/AIR6280.