SECTION 7
DESCRIPTION
TBM
700
PILOT’S OPERATING HANDBOOK
Page 7.5.1
Edition 1 -- November 30, 2010
Rev. 0
7.5 -- LANDING GEAR
The TBM 700 is equipped with electro--hydraulically actuated, fully
retractable tricycle landing gear.
Each landing gear is equipped with one wheel and an oil--air shock absorber
integrated in the strut.
Main landing gears
swivel on two ball joints installed on wing spars. Each
landing gear retracts toward airplane centerline. The operation is
accomplished by a hydraulic actuating cylinder which also provides up and
down locking.
Nose gear
swivels on two ball joints installed on a tubular steel mount frame.
Its operation is accomplished by a hydraulic actuating cylinder which also
provides up and down locking. The nose wheel is steerable. It is connected to
pedals through a spring rod and is provided with a shimmy damper. In UP
position, nose wheel is automatically disconnected.
Actuating cylinders
have a locking device integrated at both ends. This
device maintains landing gear in up or down position.
Landing gear doors
, two on the nose gear, one on each main landing gear,
are driven and kept in UP position by the landing gear itself.
All doors are mechanically kept in down position.