Disclosed is a landing gear system (100) for an aircraft, the landing gear system comprising: a landing gear (130) that is movable between an extended position and a retracted position, the landing gear comprising an extendible strut (136); a position sensor (140) configured to detect a position of a part of the extendible strut and output a signal indicative of the position; and a landing gear controller (150) that is communicably connected to the position sensor and is configured, in use, to: receive the signal from the position sensor; and, on the basis of the signal, determine that the strut has extended and the landing gear is in contact with the ground and automatically cause performance of at least a portion of a procedure to move the landing gear from the extended position to the retracted position
LANDING GEAR RETRACTION
EINFAHREN DES FAHRWERKS
RÉTRACTION DE TRAIN D'ATTERRISSAGE
2020-09-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
Emerald Group Publishing | 2000