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F-14 Nose Landing                   Gear

In this CAD modeling project, I replicated the nose landing gear of the F-14 Tomcat by utilizing pictures online to create each part as proportionally and accurately as possible. Each part was drafted and assembled in Autodesk Inventor. Every single piece can be moved, extended, and compressed just like the parts of the landing gear assembly in real life. Rendering was done in Autodesk Fusion 360 to simulate the product in real life.

Research

To understand the shape, proportion, location, and motion of each part, I gathered these images from online sources and flight manuals.

Parts

Here are the close up images of each main part in the assembly. This was fully rendered in Fusion 360. These do not contain the Main strut, pins, or screws used to hold the main pieces together.

Assembly

This is the assembly of the nose landing gear in the fully extended and fully compressed configuration. The fully extended configuration is what the landing gear looks like while the aircraft is taxiing or about to land. When the landing gear is fully compressed, the launch bar is lowered so it can be attached to the catapult before taking off.

Full Extension

Full Compression

360° Environment Render

Here both configurations are ray-traced in Autodesk Fusion 360 in front of a High Dynamic Ranged Image (HDRI) which allows the product to be inserted into a 360 degree environment. Shadows and reflections from the image are casted onto the product, creating an ultra realistic representation of the product in real life.

Full Extension

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Full Compression

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Assembly Animation

This video shows how the F-14 Landing Gear is assembled from multiple angles.

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