FLYING VEHICLE LANDING-GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION DRIVE Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: manufacture of new flying vehicles and modification of present-day flying vehicles. SUBSTANCE: drive includes control lever fitted in crew cabin and mechanical reduction gear mounted on landing-gear strut. Control lever is mechanically linked with input shaft of reduction gear. Drive is additionally provided with flat aerodynamic surface mounted on landing-gear strut between pivot shaft of strut and landing-gear wheel rotatably relative to landing-gear strut; output shaft of reduction gear is mechanically linked with this aerodynamic surface. EFFECT: enhanced reliability. 2 dwg