FIELD: flying vehicles and their landing gears.
SUBSTANCE: proposed multi-leg landing gear includes lever-type or semi-lever-type legs with wheels and telescopic rods with built-in dampers. Ends of rods are articulated on wheel axles, thus interconnecting them. At first moment of touchdown of runway at landing of flying vehicle at pitch angle working loads are taken up by rear legs of main landing gear. Telescopic rods place remaining legs in operation having taken up stroke by damper through wheel axles, thus reducing overload on rear legs.
EFFECT: reduction of overloads acting on landing gear and fuselage units.
4 dwg
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Dates
2005-02-10—Published
2003-04-28—Filed