BK117 C-2

Training Manual CAT B1

Landing Gear

Chapter 05
Landing Gear

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Table of Contents

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General Skid Shoes

The landing gear carries the weight of the helicopter on the ground and The four skid shoes connect the skids to the crosstubes. Each skid
absorbs landing loads. It is a non retractable skid type landing gear shoe is connected to the crosstube by a single bolt. The
and consists mainly of saddle--shaped end of the skid shoe retain the skid through four
splitted clamps.
-- two crosstubes
-- two skids Bonding Jumpers
-- four skid shoes Bonding jumpers are installed between crosstubes and skids and
-- six bonding jumpers between crosstubes and fuselage to electrically connect the isolated
-- two entrance steps. attaching hardware. The bonding jumpers enable static electricity to
be discharged from the helicopter to the ground.
Crosstubes
Entrance Steps
The crosstubes are attached to four landing gear fittings which are
integral with the keel beam of the fuselage. The two entrance steps are crosstube--mounted. They give boarding
assistance to crew members and passengers.
Both crosstubes are aluminum tubes of circular cross section. They
are connected to the landing gear fittings through four sets of bearing The one-piece entrance steps are of fiber composite construction.
rings and bushings, each held by two fitted bolts in the landing gear They are attached to the crosstube by two fittings.
fittings.
For the purpose of jacking the helicopter, a jacking bracket can be
positioned below each of the landing gear fittings.

Skids
Both skids, which are aluminum tubes of circular cross section, are
curved upward at their forward ends. On the underside of each skid,
in the area of the skid shoes, two skid protectors are attached by
screws.

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Landing Gear Fittings

Entrance Step

Vulcanized Bushing
Bearing Ring

Skid Shoe

Skid Protector

Crosstube
Skid
Bonding Jumper
Clamps

Skid Protector

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Design
To prevent the fuselage from being over-stressed during touch down,
the bearing rings on the crosstubes swivel in their landing gear fittings,
so that all forces are absorbed by bending the crosstubes. The bearing
rings are the fulcrums of the suspension.

Ground Clearance Dimensions

If deformation of cross tubes is evident or suspected, the ground
clearance of the helicopter must be measured.
With the helicopter jacked up and the skids having ground contact, the
ground clearance of the helicopter is measured from the lowest point
of the fuselage just behind the cross tubes to the ground:
-- The ground clearance at the forward cross tube must not
be less than 516 mm.
-- The ground clearance at the aft cross tube must not be
less than 400 mm.

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Ground Clearance Dimensions

BL0

400mm
516mm
A B

A B

A B

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