An aircraft having a fuselage extending in a longitudinal direction from a nose to a tail, and a main wheel assembly having a first main wheel spaced in a transverse direction from a second main wheel, the transverse direction being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. One or more pivots connect the main wheel assembly to the fuselage. The one or more pivots have a rotation axis extending in the transverse direction such that the main wheel assembly is pivotable relative to the fuselage between a first fixed position with the first main wheel and the second main wheel in a first longitudinal position behind a center of gravity of the aircraft, and a second fixed position with the first main wheel and the second main wheel in a second longitudinal position behind the center of gravity of the aircraft. One or more extendable struts are operatively connected between the main wheel assembly and fuselage, and operable to move the main wheel assembly between the first fixed position and the second fixed position.
RELOCATABLE MAIN LANDING GEAR
2021-04-29
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
European Patent Office | 2024
|European Patent Office | 2021
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