AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY

DRIVE October 11, 2023
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An aircraft landing gear assembly (40) comprising: a first elongate bogie beam (42a) including a first bearing (44a) via which the first bogie beam is arranged to be pivotally mounted to an aircraft landing gear main strut and defining a first bogie pivot axis; a second elongate bogie beam (42b) including a second bearing (44b), defining a second bogie pivot axis, via which the second bogie beam is arranged to be pivotally mounted to the aircraft landing gear main strut in a side by side adjacent relationship with the first bogie pivot axis being coaxial with respect to the second bogie pivot axis; a first axle (50a) mounted at a first end region of the first bogie beam, the first axle defining a first wheel mounting portion on a first side of the first bogie beam for supporting a first wheel assembly; a second axle (48a) mounted at a second end region of the first bogie beam, the second axle defining a second wheel mounting portion on the first side of the first bogie beam for supporting a second wheel assembly; a third axle (50b) mounted at a first end region of the second bogie beam, the third axle defining a third wheel mounting portion on a second side of the second bogie beam for supporting a first wheel assembly, the second side facing away from the first bogie beam; and a fourth axle (48b) mounted at a second end region of the second bogie beam, the fourth axle defining a fourth wheel mounting portion on the second side of the bogie beam for supporting a fourth wheel assembly, such that the first and second bogie beams can independently pivot about the respective bogie pivot axes in order to place a wheel rim of a wheel assembly in contact with the ground in the event of a tyre of the wheel assembly deflating.

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