An aircraft landing gear arrangement is provided comprising: a first landing gear portion comprising one or more wheels, a second landing gear portion, the first landing gear portion being rotatable with respect to the second landing gear portion; and a sensor for determining a rotational position of the first landing gear portion in relation to the second landing gear portion, the sensor comprising a first magnetic field generator operable to generate a magnetic field and a first magnetic field modulator for modulating said magnetic field, the sensor being operable to sense the magnetic field as modulated by the first magnetic field modulator, the first landing gear portion comprising the first magnetic field generator or the first magnetic field modulator, the second landing gear portion comprising the other of the first magnetic field generator and the first magnetic field modulator.


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    Title :

    AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR ARRANGEMENT, AN AIRCRAFT COMPRISING THE SAME AND A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE ANGULAR POSITION OF AN AIRCRAFT WHEEL


    Additional title:

    FLUGZEUGFAHRWERKANORDNUNG, FLUGZEUG DAMIT UND VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG DER WINKELPOSITION EINES FLUGZEUGRADS
    AMÉNAGEMENT DE TRAIN D'ATTERRISSAGE D'AVION, AVION COMPRENANT CE DERNIER ET PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTERMINATION DE LA POSITION ANGULAIRE D'UNE ROUE D'AVION


    Contributors:
    WILSON FRASER (author) / HAIKNEY DANIEL (author) / HOWARD MARK (author) / KREIT DARRAN (author)

    Publication date :

    2018-08-29


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge




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