scispace - formally typeset
Patent

Improvements in or relating to aircraft

Wilson John
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
In this article, a ski-type landing gear with two main skid members, at least two forward cantilever members and an arcuate rear cross-member is described.
Abstract: 
1,205,263 Ski type landing gear WESTLAND AIRCRAFT Ltd 29 Aug, 1968 [4 Sept, 1967], No 40336/68 Heading B7G An aircraft has a ski type landing gear which comprises two main skid members 10, at least two forward cantilever members 11 and an arcuate rear cross-member 13 The cantilever members are built into the skid members and pivotally attached to a fuselage at 12 The rear cross-member 13, also built in to the skid members, is attached to the fuselage at 14 and has vibration and/or recoil dampers 15 attached near the lower ends of the cross member and incorporating self-aligning ball joints at both the cross-member and fuselage attachment points Attachment lugs 16 are provided on the skid members 10 for ground handling wheels and drag struts from the aircraft to the rear cross-member may be fitted for yaw stiffness

read more

Citations
More filters
Patent

Helicopter landing gear with crosstube pivot

Wesley L. Cresap, +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a helicopter landing gear assembly includes a pair of crosstubes (20, 22) having struts (28, 30) connected at the outboard ends thereof.
Patent

Rotary wing model aircraft

Paul E. Arlton, +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a model rotary wing aircraft is provided that includes a fuselage, a power plant, a main rotor, a tail rotor, and a drive apparatus, including a passive cooling system to transfer heat produced by the power plant to the atmosphere.
Patent

Helicopter landing gear with skids

Henri Fernand Louis Barquet, +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose an integrated front cross-piece offset with respect to the front delimitation of the plane of contact of the longitudinal support stretches of the skids on the ground.
Patent

Landing gear assembly for a model helicopter

Paul E. Arlton
TL;DR: A landing gear assembly for use on a model helicopter is described in this article, which includes a landing gear strut having a leg portion and a foot portion connected to the leg portion to define an included right angle therebetween.
Patent

Landing gear vibration absorber for a helicopter and method of operating said landing gear vibration absorber

Raphael Rammer, +1 more
TL;DR: A landing gear vibration absorber of a helicopter with a landing gear comprising a pair of skids (4, 5) and at least one cross tube (6, 7) for mounting the skids to a helicopter's fuselage is described in this paper.