Sino Swearingen SJ-30 - Why the carrier fighter style landing gear?

[B777LR]

Looks like something from an F-18, anybody know why?

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Sino-Swearingen-SJ30-2/1296064/L/&sid=e4dabef8e319d176651eaa39e27fc08f

[Nigel Bunker]

Well it's not unknown to use the already designed undercarriage from another plane to save costs - the B-2 bomber uses Boeing 767 (or 7?7) undercarriage, the T-39 used F-100 undercarriage - why reinvent the wheel?

[Gary]

Saves lots and lots of money if you buy ready made parts right off the shelf. My fav example is the Horton 229 using B-24 landing gear, but that wasn't so much about money as it was about what was easily available.

[elmayerle]

Perhaps they're looking at growth variants and/or special-purpose derivatives where such would be useful. 

[kitnut617]

Saves lots and lots of money if you buy ready made parts right off the shelf.

Yes, but why such a complex landing gear, when you could get something off the shelf that's a lot more simple?

I would agree with Gary, the gear is available and I would imagine 'off-the-shelf'.  If you look at this photo of the prototype, it has similar but much lighter gear.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sj30_prototype.jpg

[Jeffry Fontaine]

The main landing gear looks much closer to the components used on the Jaguar since it is fitted with dual wheels.

[ChernayaAkula]

To me it looks like the wanted to keep the landing gear in the fuselage and out of the wings, but still needed to have a wide-enough as possible track width.

[ysi_maniac]

^^^^^
I agree. The point can do with wing's strength, IMO.

[ChrisF]

Rough strip capability maybe ? For flying doctors and the like ?

[GTX]

Bee cool to see one operate off a carrier...

Regards,

Greg