Movable main undercarriage for an aircraft
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsJaime Genty De La Sagne, Olivier Cazals
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Abstract
The airplane comprises a fuselage having frames, and at least two undercarriages each comprising a support and at least one wheel, the support being carried directly by the fuselage and being hinged to the fuselage about an axis that lies outside the frames. The undercarriage is movable between an operational position in which the or each wheel is vertical, and a rest position. The support and the wheel have a configuration such that, in the rest position, the undercarriage extends circumferentially relative to the fuselage and outside the frames.
Claims13
An aircraft, comprising a fuselage having frames, wherein each of the frames is a continuous section member in the form of a convex closed curve, and at least two undercarriages each comprising a support and at least one wheel, the support being directly carried by the fuselage and being hinged to the fuselage about an axis lying outside the frames;
- each undercarriage being movable between an operational position in which the at least one wheel is vertical, and a rest position;
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- the support and the at least one wheel having a configuration such that, in the rest position, the undercarriage extends circumferentially relative to the fuselage and outside the frames.
An aircraft according to the preceding claim, wherein the support is of a shape such that, in the operational position, the at least one wheel extends outside the axis relative to a horizontal direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the fuselage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.