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directly affect the cost, weight and performance of the landing gear if it
were being implemented.
Illustrated below is a picture of the summary of the preliminary design
activity. The second picture shows the post contractual design activity
through Critical Design Review.
Before the first flight, various tests are being carried out. Failure Modes
and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is one of the many conducted. This
analysis is essential as it could assess if any failure would occur in any
parts in the overall landing gear system and what effects it had on the
aircraft. The timings for this analysis are usually made such that any
changes in the design would not affect the schedule of the first flight as
some deficiencies may be uncover by the analysis.
In the last 2 decades, in acknowledgement for the growing demand for
increased readiness of mission as well as improved economics, it
became a must for reliability and maintainability analysis to be carried
out. Therefore, emphasis on life cycle costs and durability had been
increased. Methods and measures had also been improved to minimize
maintenance man-hours required per flight hour.