Landing Gear Flashcards
Un-mounted tubeless tyres must be stored?
Vertically
Tubeless tyres are stored?
Vertically
Tubed tyres are stored?
Horizontally, up to 4 in total with the smallest at the top
Trunnion link
Transmits the landing gear shock loads from the drag strut to the aircraft structure
Torsion link
Permit the inner cylinder to move up and down in the outer cylinder but does not permit the inner cylinder to rotate in the outer cylinder.
Drag strut
Absorbs braking and take-off acceleration loads
If an undercarriage has insufficient deflection, the likely cause is?
Nitrogen pressure too high
The function of the oil in the shock absorber is to?
Damp the rebound
A breaker strip in a tyre consists of?
Piles embedded in rubber and situated between the casing and the tread
A bogie type undercarriage are used to?
Spread the weight over a large area
Ribbed tyres with marker tie arms ma be worn to?
The top of the tie bar
The anti-skid armed signal comes from?
Wheel speed transducers
The cam plate in a nose undercarriage is?
To align for the nose wheel on nose undercarriage retraction
To balance a wheel, tyre and tube assembly the …..
Light spot of the tyre is aligned with the heavy spot of the tube
With a single oleo leg with a stub axle used, the torque links will?
Keep the wheel in track
