An example aircraft includes (i) a landing gear having a chassis, an axle, and wheels mounted to ends of the axle; (ii) a hydraulic actuator including a cylinder, a first piston coupled to the chassis, and a second piston coupled to the axle; and (iii) a directional control valve including: inlet ports configured to be fluidly coupled to a source of pressurized fluid, tank ports configured to be fluidly coupled to a tank, and workports configured to be fluidly coupled to the hydraulic actuator.
Aircraft Landing Gear Steering Systems and Methods with Enhanced Shimmy Protection
2020-01-09
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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