Aircraft landing gear and method
AssigneeE. B. Robinson Ltd.
InventorEric Brian ROBINSON
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Abstract
An amphibious aircraft has a tricycle landing gear that is movable between a retracted, or up, position and an extended, or down, position. Each member of the landing gear is protected in the forward direction by a hydrodynamic protector, or vane, or shoe, such as may tend to create lift when brought into engagement with water, as during landing. The landing gear protector vanes may be mounted to move with extension and retraction of the landing gear. The landing gear wheels may protrude to extend partially downwardly proud of the sole of the shoe. The landing gear actuator and transmission may operate all gear in concert. The shoes may include sacrificial wear members for ground engagement in the event of an inadvertent gear-up landing on terrain.
Claims19
An amphibious aircraft, comprising a fuselage having a water-riding main hull;
- a set of wheeled landing gear;
- and first and second water riding shoes located to first and second lateral sides of said fuselage.
An amphibious aircraft, wherein:
- said amphibious aircraft is an high-winged monoplane aircraft;
- said aircraft has a fuselage;
- said fuselage has a water-riding main hull, said main hull having a nose and a step, said nose being located forward of said step;
- said fuselage having a tail extending rearwardly and upwardly away from said step
- said aircraft has a tricycle undercarriage having a nose wheel and first and second main gear wheels;
- said nose wheel is mounted in said water-riding main hull of said fuselage;
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- said first and second main gear are mounted in respective first and second shoes, said first and second shoes being located laterally to either side of said fuselage, said first and second shoes including respective first and second water-riding hulls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.