Aircraft ski mounting assembly

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1981-02-20

1983-06-28

Barefoot, Galen L.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Landing gear

Skids

180183, 280 9, 280 714, 280 28, B64C 2552

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043901514

ABSTRACT:
A ski mounting assembly for an aircraft landing gear having a ski with a pedestal attached to it to be placed on each side of the landing gear wheel and fork, an extended wheel axle to serve as an axle for the wheel, a mounting for the wheel in the landing gear fork and to serve as a pivotable support for the ski by extending through journals in the ski pedestals, a ski attitude control arm pivotably mounted on one end of the extended wheel axle and provided with a clamp to secure the ski attitude control arm to the landing gear fork, a stop attached to the ski attitude arm so as to act against the ski to limit the downward motion of the ski nose and a spring acting between the ski and the ski attitude control arm to urge the ski against the stop.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2106934 (1938-02-01), Saulnier
patent: 2108962 (1938-02-01), Ferrier
patent: 3128065 (1964-04-01), Landes
patent: 3967692 (1976-07-01), Hoffman
patent: 4291892 (1981-09-01), Berthold et al.

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