System and Method to Assess and Report the Health of Landing Gear Related Components
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a number of landing gear components for a vehicle;
a number of systems configured to generate data about the number of landing gear components and the vehicle; and
a number of processor units configured to monitor the data and manage health of the number of landing gear components.
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Abstract
The different advantageous embodiments provide an apparatus comprising a number of landing gear components for a vehicle, a number of systems, and a number of processor units. The number of systems is configured to generate data about the number of landing gear components and the vehicle. The number of processor units is configured to monitor the data and manage health of the number of landing gear components.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a number of landing gear components for a vehicle; a number of systems configured to generate data about the number of landing gear components and the vehicle; and a number of processor units configured to monitor the data and manage health of the number of landing gear components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for managing health of a number of landing gear components of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving data from a number of systems associated with the number of landing gear components and the vehicle; determining whether the data received is within pre-defined threshold values; and responsive to a determination that the data is not within the pre-defined threshold values, identifying a number of component issues associated with the data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for managing a center of gravity for a vehicle during load operations, the method comprising:
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detecting initiation of a load operation for the vehicle; calculating a weight on each landing gear of the vehicle to identify the center of gravity; actively outputting results having the center of gravity location during the load operation; and displaying the results on a user interface. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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