Airbus patents a landing gear for helicopters to help them land on slopes.
Skid landing gear and an aircraft provided with such landing gear
US 8,979,024
Inventors: Piccone; Jean-Francois (Cabries, FR), Potdevin; Francois (Ventabren, FR)
Assignee: Airbus Helicopters (Marignane Cedex, FR)
Family ID: 1000000978127
Appl. No.: 13/247,296
Filed: September 28, 2011
Abstract
A landing gear (3) provided with first and second longitudinal bearing skids (4, 5) and with first and second transverse crossbars (6, 7). The landing gear includes at least one resilient fastener device (10) together with at least one blocking means (20) and at least one centering means (30) for each crossbar.