An aircraft landing gear having a shock absorbing strut and a shortening mechanism coupled between a walking beam and a shortening portion of a shock absorber. The shortening mechanism is arranged such that when the walking beam is at a first position due to a first extension state of the retraction actuator the shortening mechanism is in a locked condition in which it inhibits axial movement of the shortening portion within the strut element in the first direction axial direction, and as the retraction actuator changes in extension state from the first extension state towards a second extension state, the retraction actuator moves the walking beam which in turn causes the shortening mechanism to move the shortening portion within the strut element in the first axial direction to shorten the shock absorbing strut.
AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR
2020-01-09
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
Landing gear of aircraft and aircraft comprising landing gear
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