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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2021
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Fraser Wilson, Bristol, GB;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
An aircraft landing gear is disclosed having a landing gear leg attachable at a first end to an aircraft, and an axle beam, both the landing gear leg and the axle beam being rotatably mounted. The axle beam is rotatable between a first position, in which a first end of the axle beam is a first (shorter) distance from the first end of the landing gear leg, and a second position, in which said first end of the axle beam is a second (longer) distance from the first end of the landing gear leg. A biasing member is configured to be able to bias the axle beam towards the second position. An aircraft, a blended wing body aircraft, and a method of operating an aircraft are also disclosed.