Landing gear axle steering

A steerable landing gear for an aircraft having a six wheel, three axle (1,9,16) truck has a steerable axle on either the rear (1) or both forward (16) and rear (1) axles of the truck. A set of wheels (17) driven about a vertical shaft (2) utilizes a single actuator (3) and a walking beam (4). The p...

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Main Author MENEGHETTI, MICHAEL J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 29.05.1996
Edition6
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
HELICOPTERS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A steerable landing gear for an aircraft having a six wheel, three axle (1,9,16) truck has a steerable axle on either the rear (1) or both forward (16) and rear (1) axles of the truck. A set of wheels (17) driven about a vertical shaft (2) utilizes a single actuator (3) and a walking beam (4). The present invention relates to multi-wheel landing gear trucks or bogies for large aircraft and particularly to a method and apparatus for steering a set of wheels.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19950203041