Landing Gear

LANDING GEAR
SYSTEMS
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LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Will have a knowledge and
demonstrate of:
Landing gear system components,
safety warning indication, system
operation and maintenance.

LANDING GEAR SYSTEM

LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
Aircraft Landing Gear, consists:
• Main Landing Gear.
• Auxiliary Landing Gear.
Where may or may not be retractable.

LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
Main Landing Gear forms the principle support of the
aircraft on land or water (include any combination of
wheels, floats, skis, shock-absorbing, brake, retract
mechanism, controls and warnings).

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Auxiliary Landing Gear, consists of tail or nose wheel;
skids; necessary cowling.

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Tricycle landing gear retractable are arrangement
with the Main Gears and Nose Gear.
Main gear consist of two oleo/pneumatic struts with
pair of wheels and brakes.
Nose gear steerable oleo/pneumatic.

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Some of aircraft have dual wheels on strut and more
than two wheels referred to as “bogie”.
Retraction and extension by hydraulic with selector
lever in the flight compartment.
Alternate extension can be mechanically, pneumatic
compressor air.

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Shock strut contains hydraulic
that support aircraft on the
ground and protect structure
by absorbing shock load.
Consists of two telescopic
cylinder (inner and outer).
Lower chamber always filled
with fluid, the upper chamber
contains compressed air.

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Orifice/metering pin between

two chamber provides a
passage of fluid during
extension retraction.

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Controlling the rate of fluid
flow during compression.
Damping or snubbing on some
shock strut equipped to reduce
the rebound during extension
prevent rapidly extension of
shock strut.
Axle on shock strut to provide
for installation of wheels.

Fluid filler and air valve assembly to
provide of filling the strut with hydraulic
and inflating air.

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Packing gland
designed to seal
sliding also to
keep sliding
surface free form
dirt would result in
leaks.

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Shock struts are equipped with
torque arm/link attached to upper
and lower cylinders to maintain
correct alignment of the wheel.
Nose strut provided with upper

locating cam attached to upper
cylinder and a mating lower
locating cam (centering cam), this
cam lineup to straight of wheel
when strut fully extended;
prevent possible structural
damage.

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When strut extends contacting

slopping area centering contact
and slides, so aligns and rotates
the nose gear into a straight a
head direction.

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Shimmy damper attached on gear struts self-
contained hydraulic to prevent wheel fast left-
right/flutter (oscillation) during rolling,
accomplished by metering of hydraulic fluid
through small orifice of two chamber.

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Shimmy Damper (Nose
wheel).
Control vibration or
shimmy through
hydraulic damping
and prevent shimmy
during take-off roll.
• Piston type.
• Vane type.
• Incorporated in the
nose wheel power
steering.

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Van type located just above nose wheel fork may be
mounted either internally or externally.

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Steer damper is hydraulically operated, basically
containing rotary van-type (similar to vane-type).

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Servicing shock strut:
• Jacking the aircraft.
• Release air valve slowly
(ensure the strut
compress).
• Fill the strut with
approved fluid to the level
service.
• Inflate the strut using
nitrogen air pressure.
• Tighten the air valve.
Inspect shock strut for
leakage and proper
extension.

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Torque Link-keep the landing gear straight is
attached to upper cylinder and lower cylinder of
shock strut.
Links are hinged while the cylinder can move up and
down.

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The strut attached to the
structure to enable the strut
swing.
Drag struts are hinged so the
landing gear can be retracted.

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An electric gear retraction, using motor converts
electrical energy to rotation.
Control by switch, the motor movement be reverse
while gear to down.

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Landing gear safety devices.
Prevent collapse the gear when the aircraft is on the
ground.

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To provide a visual indication of landing gear position,
indicators are installed in flight compartment.
A horn and lights comes on when one or more
throttles retarded and landing gear is other than
down and lock.

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NOSE
NOSE NOSE
NOSE
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
NOSE
NOSE
NOSE
NOSE
GEAR
GEAR
GEAR
GEAR LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR GEAR GEAR
LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
L
A UP
N
D
I
N
G OFF
G
E
A
R DN

LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
NOSE
NOSE NOSE
NOSE
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
NOSE
NOSE
NOSE
NOSE GEAR
GEAR
GEAR
GEAR LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR GEAR GEAR
LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
L
A UP
N
D
I
N
G OFF
G
E
A
R DN

LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
NOSE
NOSE NOSE
NOSE
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
NOSE
NOSE
NOSE
NOSE GEAR
GEAR
GEAR
GEAR LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR GEAR GEAR
LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
L
A UP
N
D
I
N
G OFF
G
E
A
R DN

LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
NOSE
NOSE NOSE
NOSE
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
NOSE
NOSE
NOSE
NOSE GEAR
GEAR
GEAR
GEAR LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR GEAR GEAR
LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
L
A UP
N
D
I
N
G OFF
G
E
A
R DN

LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
NOSE
NOSE NOSE
NOSE
NOSE
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
GEAR
NOSE
NOSE
NOSE
NOSE GEAR
GEAR
GEAR
GEAR
LEFT
LEFT
LEFT
GEAR
RIGHT
RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR GEAR GEAR
LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
L
A UP
N
D
I
N
G OFF
G
E
A
R DN

LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
NOSE
NOSE NOSE
NOSE
NOSE
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
GEAR
NOSE
NOSE
NOSE
NOSE GEAR
GEAR
GEAR
GEAR
LEFT
LEFT
LEFT
GEAR
RIGHT
RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR GEAR GEAR
LEFT
LEFT RIGHT
RIGHT
GEAR
GEAR GEAR
GEAR
L
A UP
N
D
I
N
G OFF
G
E
A
R DN

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Ground Lock.
Prevent collapse the
gear when the aircraft
is on the ground,
additional safety
devices are installed
(ground lock pins)
which have red tape
REMOVE BEFORE
FLIGHT.

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Steering system,
provide nose wheel
steering capabilities
through mechanical
linkage to the rudder
pedal.

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Brake system used for slowing, stopping, holding or
steering aircraft.
Brakes are installed in each main landing gear wheel,
entire brake system inspected about supply hydraulic
pressure.

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Three type brake systems are:
• Independent systems.
• Power control systems.
• Power boost systems.

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• Independent systems.
On small aircraft it has own reservoir and is
independent of the hydraulic system.

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• Power control systems.
Used on aircraft requiring a
large volume of fluid to
operate brake.
A check valve traps hydraulic
pressure accumulator which
store fluid pressure and acts
as a surge.
Control valves regulate and
control pressure to actuates
the brakes.
Shuttle valve isolating the
emergency system for the
normal brake system.
LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
A pressure ball-
check power brake
control valve.

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Sliding spool type power brake control valve.

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Power boost system.
Brake the de-booster cylinder
are used with power brake
control valve on aircraft with a
high pressure hydraulic system
and low pressure brakes.
Brake de-booster cylinder
reduce pressure to the brake
and increase the volume of
fluid flow.

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• Power boost systems.
Are used on aircraft that land too fast to employ the
independent brake but are too light in weight to
require power brake control valve.

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BRAKE ASSEMBLY, common used are:
• Single-disk.
• Dual-disk.
• Multiple-disk.
• Segmented rotor or expander tube.

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Single-disk and Dual-disk are commonly use on small
aircraft.
Multiple-disk normally used on medium aircraft.
Segmented rotor or expander tube found on heavier
aircraft.
Braking action on Single-disk by applying friction to

both sides of rotating disk.
Dual-disk similar to the single-disk.

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Inspection and Maintenance.
Proper fluid level to prevent brake failure or air into
the system, removed by bleeding the system.
Two methods of bleeding brake system:
• From top downward (gravity method)
• Bottom upward (pressure method)

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WHEELS.
Provide the mounting for tires which absorb shock on
landing, support the aircraft on ground and assist
ground control during taxi, take-off and landing.
Wheels usually made from aluminum or magnesium,
provide strong, light weight; there are:
• Split wheel (most popular)
• Removable type.
• Drop center fixed flange type.

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Split type

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Removable type

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Fixed flange, drop center

type
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TIRES.
Aircraft tires tubeless or tube type, that provide a
cushion of air help absorb the shocks.
Tire construction with a size designation of 26 x 6.6
• 26 inches outside diameter (A).
• 6.6 inches width (B).
• 10 inches rim diameter (C).
A xx B
A BR-C
C

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Tubeless tire similar to
tube tire, they have a
rubber inner liner that
mated to the inside
surface of tire for
retain air.
Beaded area is
designed to form a seal
with the wheel flange.

LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
Wear indicators built
into some tires as an
aid in measuring tread
wear.
These indicators are
holes in the tread area
lands in the bottom of
groove.

LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
Cord body, multiple
layers to provide
flexible and give tire
strength, resist internal
pressure, maintain tire
shape.
Ply rating refer to the
number of cord fabric
plies.

LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
Cord body, multiple
layers to provide
flexible and give tire
strength, resist internal
pressure, maintain tire
shape.
Breakers are one or
more plies of cord to
provide extra reinforce
prevent damage of tire.

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