The landing gear systems, methods and apparatuses disclosed herein may comprise a shrink pump and a shrink valve that are capable of shrinking a landing gear by up to 40% of its available stroke, or more depending on the air spring configuration. The shrink pump may be configured to pump fluid (e.g., a hydraulic fluid) between an oil chamber, where hydraulic fluid is likely present and a shrink chamber to shrink the landing gear. Moreover, the shrink pump and shrink valve may be part of a strut shrink system.
Shrink strut landing gear system, method, and apparatus
2017-09-26
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
LANDING GEAR ARRANGEMENT WITH PASSIVE SHOCK STRUT SHRINK ACTUATOR
European Patent Office | 2018
|LANDING GEAR ARRANGEMENT WITH PASSIVE SHOCK STRUT SHRINK ACTUATOR
European Patent Office | 2018
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