Landing gear controller

A landing gear controller for an aircraft, the landing gear controller configured to:

• determine whether a predetermined criterion is met;
• and
• cause movement of a component of a landing gear system of the aircraft from a first position to a second position selectively in:
• a first predetermined time period, when the landing gear controller determines that the predetermined criterion is not met, and
• in a second predetermined time period, less than the first predetermined time period, when the landing gear controller determines that the predetermined criterion is met.

A method of controlling a landing gear extension and retraction system of an aircraft, the method comprising:

• determining whether a predetermined criterion is met;
• and
• causing the landing gear extension and retraction system to provide power to a landing gear system of the aircraft to move a component of the landing gear system from a first position and to a second position selectively according to:
• a first predetermined supplied-power profile, when it is determined that the predetermined criterion is not met;
• and
• a second predetermined supplied-power profile, according to which a maximum power provided from the landing gear extension and retraction system to the landing gear system is greater than a maximum power provided from the landing gear extension and retraction system to the landing gear system according to the first predetermined supplied-power profile, to move the component from the first position to the second position more quickly, when it is determined that the predetermined criterion is met.