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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2020
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Sean Kerr, Bristol, GB;
David Marles, Bristol, GB;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
A landing gear systemfor an aircraft including: a landing gearthat is movable between an extended position and a retracted position, the landing gear includes an extendible strut; a position sensorconfigured to detect a position of a part of the extendible strut and output a signal indicative of the position; and a landing gear controllerthat is communicably connected to the position sensor and is configured, in use, to: receive the signal from the position sensor; and, on the basis of the signal, determine that the strut has extended and the landing gear is in contact with the ground and automatically cause performance of at least a portion of a procedure to move the landing gear from the extended position to the retracted position.