Landing gear for ultralight aircraft
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1. A landing gear assembly for light winged aircraft, said gear comprising:
- an elongated main axle having a wheel on each end and arch intermediate the ends;
a pair of elongated main struts, each connected at an upper end to the airframe of an aircraft and at the lower end to said axle adjacent an end thereof, said struts forming with said axle a generally triangular configuration;
a hand control cross bar disposed above and forward of said axle;
a pair of upper downwardly depending struts, each connected at an upper end to the airframe and at the lower end to an outer end of said cross bar, anda pair of forward link members, each connected at a lower end to the main axle at one end thereof and extending upwardly and forwardly and connected to an end of said cross bar.
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Abstract
A landing gear for ultralight aircraft includes a main landing gear assembly disposed in a position relative to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft to permit either tail wheel type landing or tricycle landing operations with the assembly including an arched axle wherein the arch provides a spring for the landing gear as well as provides clearance to enable foot launching of the aircraft. A nose wheel strut assembly is linked to and extends forward of the main wheel landing gear assembly and includes a resilient tension link member.
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1. A landing gear assembly for light winged aircraft, said gear comprising:
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an elongated main axle having a wheel on each end and arch intermediate the ends; a pair of elongated main struts, each connected at an upper end to the airframe of an aircraft and at the lower end to said axle adjacent an end thereof, said struts forming with said axle a generally triangular configuration; a hand control cross bar disposed above and forward of said axle; a pair of upper downwardly depending struts, each connected at an upper end to the airframe and at the lower end to an outer end of said cross bar, and a pair of forward link members, each connected at a lower end to the main axle at one end thereof and extending upwardly and forwardly and connected to an end of said cross bar. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A landing gear assembly for light winged aircraft, said gear comprising:
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an elongated main axle having a wheel on each end and arch intermediate the ends; a pair of elongated main struts, each connected at an upper end to the airframe of an aircraft and at the lower end to said axle adjacent an end thereof, said struts forming with said axle a generally triangular configuration, a nose wheel assembly, said nose wheel assembly comprising a pair of upper downwardly depending struts, each connected at an upper end to the airframe and at the lower end to an outer end of a cross bar, and a pair of forward triangular struts connected to the main axle at each end thereof and extending forwardly to an end of a nose wheel axle. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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