Landing gear assembly

An aircraft including one or more aircraft landing gear assemblies, each aircraft landing gear assembly comprising:

• a bogie beam including a bogie mounting bearing via which the bogie beam is arranged to be pivotally coupled to an aircraft landing gear main strut so as to pivot about a bogie pivot axis;
• first and second wheel assemblies mounted on the bogie beam on longitudinally opposite sides of the bogie beam with respect to the bogie mounting bearing, the first and second wheel assemblies being rotatable around respective first and second wheel axes, the first and second wheel axes defining an axle plane;
• a jacking dome mounted on the bogie beam to face a ground plane which is tangential to a wheel of the first wheel assembly and tangential to a wheel of the second wheel assembly when the first wheel assembly and the second wheel assembly are contacting a ground surface, the jacking dome projecting towards the ground plane by a first distance, defined from the axle plane to the point on the jacking dome closest to the ground plane;
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• a guard distinct from the jacking dome and being configured to be removably coupled to the bogie beam on an opposite side of the jacking dome with respect to the bogie mounting bearing, the guard being sized to extend from the bogie beam towards the ground plane by a second distance which is at least 0.9 times the first distance, the second distance being defined from the axle plane to the point on the guard closest to the ground plane, wherein the guard is removably coupled to the bogie beam at a mounting position located on an opposite side of the jacking dome with respect to the bogie mounting bearing.

A method of servicing an aircraft landing gear assembly,

• the aircraft landing gear assembly comprising:
• a bogie beam including a bogie mounting bearing via which the bogie beam is arranged to be pivotally coupled to an aircraft landing gear main strut so as to pivot about a bogie pivot axis;
• first and second wheel assemblies mounted on the bogie beam on longitudinally opposite sides of the bogie beam with respect to the bogie mounting bearing, the first and second wheel assemblies being rotatable around respective first and second wheel axes, the first and second wheel axes defining an axle plane;
• a jacking dome mounted on the bogie beam to face a ground plane which is tangential to a wheel of the first wheel assembly and tangential to a wheel of the second wheel assembly when the first wheel assembly and the second wheel assembly are contacting a ground surface, the jacking dome projecting towards the ground plane by a first distance, defined from the axle plane to the point on the jacking dome closest to the ground plane;
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• a guard distinct from the jacking dome and being configured to be removably coupled to the bogie beam on an opposite side of the jacking dome with respect to the bogie mounting bearing, the guard being sized to extend from the bogie beam towards the ground plane by a second distance which is at least 0.9 times the first distance, the second distance being defined from the axle plane to the point on the guard closest to the ground plane,
• the method comprising:
• removing the guard from the bogie beam;
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• coupling a second guard to the bogie beam in the same position and orientation as the first guard was coupled to the bogie beam, wherein the guard is removably coupled to the bogie beam at a mounting position located on an opposite side of the jacking dome with respect to the bogie mounting bearing.