Folding trailing arm landing gear
AssigneeGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
InventorsMichael Joseph Allwein, Caleb Andrew Bartels, Brian Michel Shamblin, James Edward McMillen
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Abstract
A folding trailing arm landing gear assembly having a main fitting configured to couple to a hinge positioned at a proximal end; a swing arm rotatably coupled at a proximal end to a distal end of the main fitting; a shock coupled at a distal end to a distal end of the swing arm; a bellcrank coupled at a distal end to a proximal end of the shock, and coupled at a proximal end to the main fitting; and a wheel coupled to the swing arm.
Claims10
A method of operating a folding trailing arm landing gear assembly for an aircraft comprising steps of:
- actuating a lock solenoid to release a lock, wherein the lock secures a bellcrank in a deployed position;
- actuating a retract servo to pull a main fitting toward a side of the aircraft and rotate the main fitting;
- pulling the bellcrank away from the main fitting with a drivelink in response to movement of the main fitting;
- pulling a shock toward the bellcrank in response to the pulling of the bellcrank;
- pulling a swing arm toward the bellcrank in response to the pulling of the shock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.