1. LANDING GEAR
SYSTEMS
THIS TRAINING MANUAL HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS AND DOES NOT SUPERSEEDED INFORMATION CONTAINED IN APPLICABLE AIRCRAFT DOCUMENTS

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVE Will have a knowledge and demonstrate of:
Landing gear system components, safety warning indication, system operation and maintenance.
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3. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
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4. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM Aircraft Landing Gear, consists:
Main Landing Gear.
Auxiliary Landing Gear.
Where may or may not be retractable.
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5. 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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7. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
Auxiliary Landing Gear, consists of tail or nose wheel; skids; necessary cowling.
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8. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
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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9. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
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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10. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
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11. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
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.
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Fluid filler and air valve assembly to provide of filling the strut with hydraulic and inflating air.

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16. 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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21. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM 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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23. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
Van type located just above nose wheel fork may be mounted either internally or externally.
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24. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
Steer damper is hydraulically operated, basically containing rotary van-type (similar to vane-type).
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25. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM 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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27. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
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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28. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
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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40. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM 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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43. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM NOSE GEAR NOSE GEAR LEFT GEAR RIGHT GEAR LEFT GEARUP
OFF DN L A N D I G E R
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44. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM NOSE GEAR NOSE GEAR LEFT GEAR RIGHT GEAR LEFT GEARUP
OFF DN L A N D I G E R
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45. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM NOSE GEAR NOSE GEAR LEFT GEAR RIGHT GEAR LEFT GEARUP
OFF DN L A N D I G E R
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46. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM NOSE GEAR NOSE GEAR LEFT GEAR RIGHT GEAR LEFT GEARUP
OFF DN L A N D I G E R
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47. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM NOSE GEAR NOSE GEAR LEFT GEAR RIGHT GEAR LEFT GEARUP
OFF DN L A N D I G E R
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48. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM NOSE GEAR NOSE GEAR LEFT GEAR RIGHT GEAR LEFT GEARUP
OFF DN L A N D I G E R
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49. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM 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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51. Steering system, provide nose wheel steering capabilities through mechanical linkage to the rudder pedal.
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52. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
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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53. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM Three type brake systems are: Independent systems.
Power control systems.
Power boost systems.
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54. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM Three type brake systems are: Independent systems.
On small aircraft it has own reservoir and is independent of the hydraulic system.
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55. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM Three type brake systems are:
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.
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Control valves regulate and control pressure to actuates the brakes.
Shuttle valve isolating the emergency system for the normal brake system.
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56. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM A pressure ball-check power brake control valve.
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57. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM Sliding spool type power brake control valve.
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59. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM 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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60. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM Three type brake systems are: 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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62. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM 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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68. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM 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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70. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM 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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71. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM Split type
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Split type
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72. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM Removable type
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Removable type
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73. Fixed flange, drop center type
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Fixed flange, drop center type
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74. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM A x B R C A x B - C 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).
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A x B R C
A x B - C
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75. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM
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.
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76. 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.
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77. 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.
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78. 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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