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MAIN GEAR DOOR [7 records]

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Record 1 2008-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Controls (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
PHR

Aileron, brake, control surface, failsafe nozzle, landing gear, leading-edge slat, main landing gear door, slat, trim actuator, wing flap actuating system.

PHR

Electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic actuating system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commandes de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
OBS

système d'actionnement : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et Maintenance.

PHR

Système d'actionnement des gouvernes, des volets, d'un inverseur de poussée, d'une surface de commande de vol.

PHR

Système d'actionnement électrique, hydraulique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Controls (Aeroindustry)
  • Landing Gear (Aeroindustry)
CONT

The MLG [main landing gear] retracts inwards into the fuselage wheel well. Each MLG has two doors. The outboard door is rigidly attached at the strut. The inboard door operates by mechanical linkage to the strut and is held in up position by two uplock cylinders. This uplock is released when landing gear lever is placed in down position by hydraulic pressure, or by nitrogen pressure in emergency. The MLG is held, while airborne, in retracted position by hydraulic pressure in the actuator and by the inboard door mechanical uplock, if pressure drops. As the gear is extended, an internal lock in the actuator automatically locks it in fully extended positions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commandes de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Atterrisseur (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

La séquence d'extension/rétraction des trains est conditionnée par la position du levier de commande «rentrée/sortie» des trains et par la réponse des détecteurs de positions du train et des trappes. Elle commande successivement l'ouverture des trappes, le déverrouillage du train, l'extension du train, le verrouillage du train en position basse, puis la fermeture des trappes principales (et inversement lors de la rétraction).

OBS

levier de commande train; levier train : termes uniformisés par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
CONT

The main entrance door is the primary means of aircraft access for passengers and crew. It consists of a door structure and an attached folding stairway with hand rails. The door and stairway must be unlocked and pushed out to initiate a controlled free-fall to the extended position. During closing, the stairway is unlocked and the door is retracted upward and inward by hydraulic pressure from the Auxiliary(AUX) hydraulic system. The door and stair operation accommodates any combination of landing gear strut and tire inflation. Its use requires no ground support equipment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
CONT

La firme W... a conçu et réalisé un escalier escamotable en aluminium qui, homologué par la FAA, peut équiper les modèles d'avion B.707 [...] Comportant un système électrohydraulique qui assure son déploiement ainsi que l'érection et le verrouillage des mains courantes, cet escalier en trois parties ne pèse que 147 kg. Complètement replié, il mesure 80 cm de largeur [...]

OBS

escalier escamotable : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
CONT

The electrical system has four engine-driven generators, each powerful enough to supply the aircraft with sufficient electricity. Each of the two main landing gear pods carries an auxiliary power unit(APU) and air turbine motor(ATM) to supply electric/pneumatic and hydraulic power, respectively, for engine starts, ground air conditioning and heating, main landing gear kneeling operations, and forward/aft cargo door operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
OBS

moteur à turbine à air; ATM : terme et abréviation uniformisés par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
  • Aircraft Systems
DEF

A unit which converts pneumatic energy into mechanical energy.

CONT

The electrical system has four engine-driven generators, each powerful enough to supply the aircraft with sufficient electricity. Each of the two main landing gear pods carries an auxiliary power unit(APU) and [an] air turbine motor(ATM) to supply electric/pneumatic and hydraulic power, respectively, for engine starts, ground air conditioning and heating, main landing gear kneeling operations, and forward/aft cargo door operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
  • Circuits des aéronefs
DEF

Appareil transformant l'énergie pneumatique en énergie mécanique.

CONT

[Le Concorde] était l'un des rares avions à utiliser les inverseurs en vol. Ces coquilles servaient aussi à moduler le flux du réacteur. Ces inverseurs sont actionnés par un moteur pneumatique commandé par la manette inverseur de poussée situé en avant des manettes de poussée au poste de pilotage.

Spanish

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Record 6 1980-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

a sintered breather plug is provided at the opposite end [of the door actuator] to allow the piston to extend by the weight of the MLG [main landing gear].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 7 1980-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
OBS

the forward door operating linkage is an interrupted-type mechanism that is mechanically operated by the MLG [main landing gear] only through the last 10 percent of the MLG retraction cycle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques

Spanish

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