A control apparatus 300 for controlling a steering system 301 of an aircraft landing gear, the aircraft landing gear being configurable in a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The steering system 301 includes a wheel arrangement 202 including one or more wheels. The control apparatus 300 is arranged to perform a control process which includes: receiving one or more signals from one or more sensors 302a, 302b indicating a position of the wheel arrangement 202 when the landing gear is in the stowed configuration; determining whether a predetermined condition is satisfied in relation to the position of the wheel arrangement 202; and, in response to determining that the predetermined condition is satisfied, performing an adjustment process to control the steering system 301 to adjust the position of the wheel arrangement 202.
Aircraft steering
2020-02-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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