Landing gear noise attenuation
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1. A deployable landing gear truck fairing for a deployable landing gear truck having aft, underside, and forward portions, comprising:
- an elongated body connected to a rising front portion, the elongated body and rising front portion capable of partially covering at least the underside and forward portions of the deployable landing gear truck, the elongated body having first and second lateral edges; and
first and second compliant edges affixed to the corresponding first and second lateral edges.
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Abstract
A landing gear noise attenuator mitigates noise generated by airframe deployable landing gear. The noise attenuator can have a first position when the landing gear is in its deployed or down position, and a second position when the landing gear is in its up or stowed position. The noise attenuator may be an inflatable fairing that does not compromise limited space constraints associated with landing gear retraction and stowage. A truck fairing mounted under a truck beam can have a compliant edge to allow for non-destructive impingement of a deflected fire during certain conditions.
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32 Claims
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1. A deployable landing gear truck fairing for a deployable landing gear truck having aft, underside, and forward portions, comprising:
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an elongated body connected to a rising front portion, the elongated body and rising front portion capable of partially covering at least the underside and forward portions of the deployable landing gear truck, the elongated body having first and second lateral edges; and first and second compliant edges affixed to the corresponding first and second lateral edges. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A deployable landing gear truck fairing, comprising:
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a pair of adjacent fairing sections defining a forward assembly and an aft assembly suitable for mounting on a truck, each assembly having a first side and a second side; a center seal affixed to at least one of the forward and aft assemblies and positioned between the two assemblies; adjacent first and second compliant edge portions affixed to the first side of the forward and aft assemblies; and adjacent third and fourth compliant edge portions affixed to the second side of the forward and aft assemblies. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A deployable landing gear truck fairing for a deployable landing gear of an aircraft, comprising:
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an elongated body connected to a rising front portion, the elongated body having a forward assembly and an aft assembly, a center seal extending transverse to a direction of the elongated body and positioned between the forward and aft assemblies, and first and second lateral edges; and first and second compliant edges affixed to corresponding fast and second lateral edges; wherein, when the truck fairing is mounted on the deployable landing gear of an aircraft, the forward and aft assemblies move toward one another when the aircraft takes off, thereby compressing the center seal. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A deployable landing gear truck fairing for a deployable landing gear of an aircraft, comprising:
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an elongated body connected to a rising front portion, the elongated body having a forward assembly, an aft assembly, and first and second lateral edges; the first lateral edge comprises adjacent first and second lateral edge portions on a first side of the fairing, the first lateral edge portion being associated with the forward assembly and the second lateral edge portion being associated with the aft assembly; and the second lateral edge comprises adjacent third and fourth lateral edge portions on a second side of the fairing, the third lateral edge portion being associated with the forward assembly and the fourth lateral edge portion being associated with the aft assembly; and first and second compliant edges affixed corresponding first and second lateral edges. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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