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Uncommon card · Science
Landing gear, an Uncommon card
Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for engaging the surface , typically land, but may also be the surface of a water body , when parking, taxiing, taking off or landing.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 68,000
Power 169 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Landing gear quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Landing gear card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
For aircraft, Stinton makes the ______ distinction undercarriage = landing gear.
Answer
terminology. For aircraft, Stinton makes the terminology distinction undercarriage = landing gear. From the Landing gear article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Nikita Mikhalkov. Nikita Mikhalkov 88 · Landing gear 84 · Ahmad ibn Hanbal 80 · Jodrell Bank Observatory 76 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Ahmad ibn Hanbal 96,000 · Landing gear 68,000 · Adamantane 43,000 · Denis Mukwege 33,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was also formerly called alighting gear by some manufacturers, such as the Glenn L. Martin Company.
- For aircraft, Stinton makes the terminology distinction undercarriage = landing gear.
- For aircraft, landing gear is the foundational part of the airframe that supports the craft's weight when it is not in flight, keeping the fuselage at a clearance off the ground so it can avoid sustaining frictional/collisional damages.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Landing gear article was read about 68,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Landing gear
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Landing gear in the power ranking, all domains together.
- John BoozmanUncommon · History · ATK 79 DEF 90
- Mayu IwataniUncommon · Society · ATK 84 DEF 85
- Postage stampUncommon · Science · ATK 79 DEF 90
- Nikita MikhalkovUncommon · Arts · ATK 88 DEF 81
- RevelationUncommon · Society · ATK 79 DEF 90
- Sherwood AndersonUncommon · Arts · ATK 74 DEF 95
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Landing gear (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Olivier Cleynen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
