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The Honda Gold Wing is a series of touring motorcycles manufactured by Honda.Gold Wings feature shaft drive and a flat engine.Characterized by press in September 1974 as "The world's biggest motor cycle manufacturer's first attack on the over-750cc capacity market...", [4] it was introduced at the Cologne Motorcycle Show in October 1974.
Pitch is controlled by the canard surface. The landing gear includes laminated fiberglass main gear legs and a steerable nosewheel. The aft-mounted powerplant was a 30 hp (22 kW) Kawasaki 440, 30 hp (22 kW) Cuyuna 430R or a 28 hp (21 kW) Rotax 277. The Goldwing has a 16:1 glide ratio. [1] [2]
Gold Wing (GL1200) 1182 VFR1200F: 1200 Crosstourer (VFR1200X) 1237 CB1300: 1300 VTX1300 1300 Pan-European (ST1300) 1300 Fury: 1312 Gold Wing (GL1500) 1520 Valkyrie (GL1500C/F6C) 1520 VTX1800 1800 Gold Wing (GL1800) 1832
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Conventional landing gear, or tailwheel-type landing gear, is an aircraft undercarriage consisting of two main wheels forward of the center of gravity and a small wheel or skid to support the tail. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The term taildragger is also used.
Goldwing may refer to: Honda Gold Wing, a Japanese motorcycle; Goldwing Ltd Goldwing, an American ultralight aircraft design; American Goldwing, a 2011 album by ...
The landing gear represents 2.5 to 5% of the maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) and 1.5 to 1.75% of the aircraft cost, but 20% of the airframe direct maintenance cost. A suitably-designed wheel can support 30 t (66,000 lb), tolerate a ground speed of 300 km/h and roll a distance of 500,000 km (310,000 mi) ; it has a 20,000 hours time between overhaul and a 60,000 hours or 20 year life time.
The engine has a 10.0:1 compression ratio and 9,650 rpm redline. Just as with the Honda Gold Wing, the transmission rotates opposite to the engine to help counteract the engine torque's tendency to tip the bike slightly to one side when the throttle is opened or closed. The CX was the first V-twin engine motorcycle that Honda ever built.