Landing gear

An aircraft comprising a fuselage and a retractable landing gear, the retractable landing gear comprising:

• a main strut connected at one end to the aircraft via a main joint to cause landing gear loads to be transferred from the main strut into the aircraft via the main joint, and wherein the main joint permits movement in all three rotational degrees of freedom,
• an inboard sidestay assembly connected to the main strut, the inboard sidestay assembly comprising a forward stay connected at one end to the aircraft, a rear stay connected at one end to the fuselage, and a shear web extending between the forward stay and the rear stay and configured to resist movement of the forward stay relative to the rear stay;
• the method comprising moving the landing gear between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration by rotating the main strut about an axis of rotation extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, and wherein the landing gear is arranged such that, in use, when the landing gear is extended, substantially all the landing gear loads are transferred from the landing gear to the aircraft via one or more of the main joint, the forward stay and the rear stay.