An apparatus is provided to support aircraft with disabled landing gears. The apparatus comprises a support assembly, a hub, a shock absorber and a transport mechanism. The support assembly includes a contact component. The support assembly is rotatably connected to the hub. The shock absorber includes a first end to which the hub is rigidly connected. The transport mechanism is to move the apparatus along a ground surface. The contact component is to contact with and to support an aircraft fuselage during landing.
EMERGENCY RUNWAY
2017-07-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last |
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