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@ Main Gear - Description and Operation

The main landing gear (MLG) uses a main fitting and sliding tube to form the shock absorber. Torque links connect and align the main fitting and sliding tube while allowing vertical movement. A torque link damper decreases vibrations through the torque links during landing. A retraction actuating cylinder extends and retracts the MLG. The main fitting is made of forged steel and forms the outer part of the shock absorber, containing the diaphragm and tube assembly. It connects to various other MLG components and the aircraft structure through attachment fittings.

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@ Main Gear - Description and Operation

The main landing gear (MLG) uses a main fitting and sliding tube to form the shock absorber. Torque links connect and align the main fitting and sliding tube while allowing vertical movement. A torque link damper decreases vibrations through the torque links during landing. A retraction actuating cylinder extends and retracts the MLG. The main fitting is made of forged steel and forms the outer part of the shock absorber, containing the diaphragm and tube assembly. It connects to various other MLG components and the aircraft structure through attachment fittings.

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@ MAIN GEAR - DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION:

-The MLG leg has a main fitting and a sliding tube, which together make the shock absorber.
The torque-links align the main fitting and sliding tube, but lets vertical movement between the
parts occur. A torque link damper decreases the landing vibrations through the torque links.
-A MLG retraction actuating cylinder extends and retracts the MLG.

A. Main Fitting:
-The main fitting is made of die-forged ultra-high-tensile steel, and includes:
· the main barrel · the drag stay · the cross tube · the aircraft interface attachment-lugs.

-The external lugs and brackets on the main fitting hold these parts:
· the MLG retraction-actuating-cylinder · the lock stay · the brake manifold
· the fixed fairing · the uplock pin · the side-stay assembly
· the upper torque-link · the spare-seal activating-valve · the upper slave-link
· a beam (to install or remove the MLG during maintenance).

-The barrel of the main fitting is a cylinder, closed at the top, which makes the outer part of the
shock absorber. The main fitting contains a diaphragm and tube assembly, which makes the top
of the shock absorber. A pin connects the diaphragm and the tube assembly. This pin is in the
two lateral holes in the main fitting, and contains the shock-absorber charging-valve.
-A hollow cross-tube at the top of the main fitting has two attachment-fittings that connect the
MLG to the airframe. The aft attachment-fitting has a machined lug that holds the rear spherical
bearing. The forward attachment-fitting has a cylindrical lug that connects to the forward
spherical bearing.
-A drag stay between the main fitting and the forward end of the hollow tube holds the MLG
retraction actuator. A machined lug on the drag stay connects the lock stay.
-The forward and the aft fitting assemblies transmit vertical loads to the airframe.

B. Sliding Tube:
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