A nose wheel steering mechanism (2) comprises a first, rotationally fixed nose wheel leg portion (6) and a second, rotatable nose wheel leg portion (10) arranged at least partially within and extending parallel to the first nose wheel leg portion (6). A toroidal electric motor (26) is mounted to and extends around the first nose wheel leg portion (8). Toroidal gearing (38) is mounted to and extends around the first nose wheel leg (6) and has an input (40) driven by the toroidal electric motor (26) and an output coupled to and driving the second nose wheel leg portion (10).
Nose wheel steering
Bugradsteuerung
Système d'orientation d'un train d'atterrissage avant
2016-04-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English