Landing gear structure and venting for vertical take-off dual-engine aircraft
AssigneeAnduril Industries, Inc.
InventorsDane Chantrill, Neil Gupta, Jeff Lipari
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Abstract
The present application discloses an aircraft. The aircraft comprises (i) a first wing and a second wing, (ii) a fuselage disposed between the first wing and the second wing, and (iii) a first landing gear system disposed at an aft of the aircraft. The first landing gear system comprises a first leg and a second leg that are configured to at least partially rotate around an axis defined by a length of the first wing when the first leg and the second leg are transitioned to a deployed state or a stowed state. The first landing gear system comprises a first actuation system comprising at least a first actuator and a first shock absorber.
Claims18
An aircraft, comprising:
- a first wing and a second wing;
- a fuselage disposed between the first wing and the second wing;
- a first landing gear system disposed at an aft of the aircraft, wherein the first landing gear system comprises a first leg and a second leg that are configured to at least partially rotate around an axis defined by a length of the first wing when the first leg and the second leg are able to be transitioned to a deployed state or to a stowed state;
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- a first engine system operatively mounted to the first wing, the first engine system comprising a first nacelle, and the first landing gear system disposed at an aft of the first nacelle, wherein the first leg comprises a first housing comprising a first vent configured to vent exhaust from a first engine of the first engine system when the first leg is in the stowed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.