Patent ID: 11912400
Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. A method of operating an aircraft including an aircraft landing gear leg comprising the steps of:
moving the aircraft landing gear leg to or from a deployed position,
assisting in supporting of the landing gear leg in the deployed position using a landing gear stay, the landing gear stay extending between the leg and a different part of the aircraft and providing a load path between the landing gear leg and the different part of the aircraft,
a first strut of the landing gear stay moving parallel to a longitudinal axis of the first strut and parallel to and alongside two or more further struts of the landing gear stay so as to change the length of the landing gear stay as the aircraft landing gear leg moves to or from the deployed position,
a locking mechanism of the stay locking the first strut relative to the further struts when the landing gear is in its deployed position so as to restrict a change in length of the stay and thus restrict the movement of the landing gear leg from its deployed position, and
unlocking the locking mechanism of the stay so as to allow a change in length of the stay and thus allow the movement of the landing gear leg away from its deployed position.