Aircraft landing gear provided with at least one motorized wheel
AssigneeSafran Landing Systems
InventorsFlorent FORTIER, Sébastien DUBOIS, Philippe HENRION
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AssigneeSafran Landing Systems
InventorsFlorent FORTIER, Sébastien DUBOIS, Philippe HENRION
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An aircraft has an upper portion and a lower portion provided with a first and second axle. The first axle is provided with a braked wheel and the second axle is provided with a motorized wheel. A landing gear of the aircraft includes a main arm pivoting with respect to the strut on which the first axle is fixed. The second axle is fixed on the strut, and a main actuator moves the first axle between a remote position and a close position with respect to the upper portion. In the close position, the braked and motorized wheels are simultaneously in contact against a running plane, and in the remote position, the braked wheels are in contact against the running plane while the motorized wheel is at a distance from the running plane.
An aircraft landing gear having an upper portion configured to be assembled to a structure of the aircraft and a lower portion provided with first and second axles, the first axle being equipped with at least one braked wheel and the second axle being equipped with at least one motorized wheel, the landing gear comprising a strut having an upper end belonging to the upper portion of the landing gear and a lower end belonging to the lower portion of the landing gear, wherein the landing gear includes a main arm pivotally mounted relative to the strut via a pivot connection, said first axle being fixed to this main arm at a distance from the strut and the second axle being fixedly connected to the strut, the landing gear including a main actuator arranged to act on the main arm so as to move the first axle between a position remote from the upper portion and a position close to the upper portion, in the close position the braked and motorized wheels being arranged so as to be able to be in contact simultaneously against a running surface and in the remote position, the braked and motorized wheels being arranged so that each braked wheel equipping the first axle can be in contact against the running surface while each motorized wheel equipping the second axle stay at a distance from this running surface.
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