Aircraft Landing Gear
Aircraft Landing Gear
Aircraft Landing Gear
GEAR
LANDING GEAR
is a structure which installed on the aircraft for the
ground and also
allows the aircraft to land safely. Landing gear also
provides mobility to the
aircraft purpose to support the weight of the aircraft
whiles it on ground or water.
Aircrafts require landing gear for taxiing, takeoff, and
landing. Initially aircrafts used skids as its landing gear.
Times after times, wheels were attached to the skids.
Since that time, various arrangements have been used
for wheels and structures to connect them to the
airplane.
TYPES OF LANDING GEAR
Advantages:
Lighter weight
Least costly
Images of Fixed gear
Retractable Gear
Designed to eliminate drag (the greatest
advantage)
Can be either fully or partially retractable
Direction of retraction depends on airframe
model
Methods of retraction: hydraulic, electric,
mechanical, pneumatic
Critical area of aircraft maintenance for safety
reasons
Images of Retractable landing gear
Hulls and Floats