7.5 - Landing Gear
The airplane is equipped with an 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.
The
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 hydraulically actuated cylinder, which also provides up and down locking.
The
nose gear
swivels on two ball joints installed on a tubular steel mount frame.
Its operation is performed by a hydraulically actuated 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, the
nose wheel is automatically disconnected.
Actuating cylinders
have a locking device integrated at both ends. This device
maintains the landing gear in up or down position.
Landing gear doors
– two on the nose gear, two on each main landing gear – are
driven and maintained in the up position by the landing gear itself.
All doors are mechanically kept in the down position.
Hydraulic Pressure
Hydraulic pressure required for landing gear operation is provided:
-
during normal operation by an electro-hydraulic generator with integrated
reservoir,
-
during emergency extension operation by a hand pump supplied with an
auxiliary reservoir.
Landing Gear Lever
See
The LANDING GEAR lever is located on the LANDING GEAR panel at the bottom
of the instrument panel's left portion. It actuates an electric selector that controls
the hydraulic generator. At the end of this lever is a knob that represents a wheel.
Raising and lowering of the landing gear is performed by pulling on the lever and
moving it to either the UP (retracted) or DN (extended) position.
Section 7
Description
Pilot's Information Manual
PIM TBM 960 - Edition 0
Rev. 01
Page 7.5.1
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