Door fairing for an aircraft landing gear leg
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsDominique Chasteau, Guilherme Barsali
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Abstract
A door fairing for a retractable landing gear leg of an aircraft is disclosed having an outer member which covers a portion of a landing gear bay of the aircraft when the landing gear leg is retracted. An inner member of the door fairing is coupled to the outer member via a number of configurable couplings which allow adjustment of the position of the outer member with respect to the inner member. The inner member has mounting points for mounting the door fairing to the landing gear leg. Prior to fitting the door fairing at the aircraft, measured or derived dimensional parameters of the landing gear bay are used to adjust the configurable couplings such that the door fairing is preconfigured to fit the landing gear bay of the aircraft.
Claims12
A method of fitting a door fairing to a retractable landing gear leg of an aircraft, the door fairing being configured such that immediately before a step of fitting the door fairing to the retractable landing gear the door fairing has at least one adjustable dimension that are configurable to compensate for variations, from one aircraft to another, that arise as a result of dimensional tolerances which affect fitting of the door fairing with the aircraft when the retractable landing gear leg is retracted,
- the method comprising:
- prior to fitting the door fairing to the retractable landing gear leg of the aircraft, remotely configuring at least one dimension of the door fairing in dependence upon at least one dimensional parameter of the aircraft so that the door fairing is pre-configured to fit an orifice of the aircraft when the retractable landing gear leg is retracted;
- transferring the door fairing to an attachment point of the aircraft;
- and then
- fitting the door fairing to the retractable landing gear leg of the aircraft.
A method of fitting a door fairing to a retractable landing gear leg of an aircraft, the door fairing being configured such that immediately before a step of fitting the door fairing to the retractable landing gear the door fairing has at least one adjustable dimension that are configurable to compensate for variations, from one aircraft to another, that arise as a result of dimensional tolerances which affect the fit of the door fairing with the aircraft when the retractable landing gear leg is retracted, wherein the door fairing includes an inner member,
- the method comprising:
- mounting the inner member on a jig prior to fitting the door fairing to the retractable landing gear leg of the aircraft, remotely configuring at least one dimension of the door fairing in dependence upon at least one dimensional parameter of the aircraft so that the door fairing is pre-configured to fit an orifice of the aircraft when the retractable landing gear leg is retracted;
- transferring the door fairing to an attachment point of the aircraft;
- and then
- fitting the door fairing to the retractable landing gear leg of the aircraft.
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