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US 4,046,339 AGranted
Landing gear for an aircraft including expansible wheels
OwnerFloyd S. Stancliffeinventor
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Abstract
An auxiliary landing gear for an aircraft including a pair of auxiliary wheels mounted from the wings and including an exterior rim composed of segments connected to a hub by expansible members whereby expansion from a collapsed inoperative disposition to an expanded operative disposition to facilitate landing on rough terrain is achieved.
Claims3
Aircraft landing gear for an aircraft having a fuselage and attached wing which comprises
- a pair of wheels mounted for rotation on opposite sides of the aircraft fuselage,
- each of said wheels being expansible from a relatively small diameter to an expanded diameter whereat the lower most peripheral edge of each wheel is below the aircraft in its normal landing disposition,
- each of said wheels including a plurality of telescopic spokes,
- each spoke mounting a curved rim section at its outermost extremity and including a resilient strap joining the extremities of adjacent rim sections.
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