Landing gear assembly for airplane

A landing gear assembly on an airplane, comprising:

• a fuselage section defining therein a wheel bay and a pair of laterally spaced side compartments on each side of said wheel bay;
• a landing gear mounted on said fuselage section for pivotal movement into and out of said wheel bay;
• an actuator disposed in one of said side compartments for lifting said landing gear into and lowering said landing gear out of said wheel bay;
• and
• a steering device disposed in the other of said side compartments for steering said landing gear during taxiing of the airplane.

A nose landing gear assembly on an airplane, comprising:

• a front fuselage section having a wheel bay defined therein and a pair of laterally spaced side compartments defined therein on each side of said wheel bay by respective laterally spaced side walls;
• a nose landing gear mounted on said fuselage section for pivotal lifting and lowering movement into and out of said wheel bay;
• an actuator disposed in one of said side compartments for lifting said nose landing gear into and lowering said nose landing gear out of said wheel bay;
• and
• a steering device disposed in the other of said side compartments for steering said nose landing gear while said airplane is taxiing.

A nose landing gear assembly on an airplane having a front fuselage section with a wheel bay therein and a nose landing gear mounted in the fuselage section for pivotal lifting and lowering movement into and out of the wheel bay, an improvement comprising,

• a pair of laterally spaced side compartments defined in the front fuselage section on each side of the wheel bay by respective laterally spaced side walls;
• an actuator disposed in one of said side compartments for lifting said nose landing gear into and lowering said nose landing gear out of said wheel bay;
• and
• a steering device disposed in the other of said side compartments for steering said nose landing gear while said airplane is taxiing.