Landing gear for aircraft

A landing gear for an aircraft, comprising:

• a shock strut comprising a cylinder and a piston inserted into the cylinder and configured such that the piston is operable in a direction of a strut axis and is rotatable about the strut axis relative to the cylinder supported on an airframe;
• and
• a wheel supported on the piston,
• wherein the shock strut comprises a steering mechanism that turns the wheel about the strut axis together with the piston,
• a power source for the steering mechanism is an electric motor comprising a rotor and a stator,
• the rotor and the stator are coaxial with the strut axis,
• the shock strut comprises a shaft supported on the cylinder so as to rotate about the strut axis and protruding in a direction away from the piston from an end portion of the cylinder,
• the piston is engaged with the shaft in the cylinder so as to relatively move in the direction of the strut axis and integrally rotate in a rotational direction about the strut axis,
• the electric motor is located at the end portion of the cylinder, and
• the rotor is connected to a protruding portion of the shaft.