Patent ID: 9199728
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: B60T,B64C

Abstract:
1. A control device for an aircraft, comprising: one or more control mechanisms which interact with one or more undercarriages of the aircraft and which control turning of a plurality of undercarriage wheels relative to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft; and an alignment unit connected to the one or more control mechanisms, wherein the alignment unit is configured to receive position information of a fixed point along a centerline of a runway and, with the one or more control mechanisms, to turn the plurality of undercarriage wheels during at least one part of a landing or take-off so as to align a running direction of one wheel of the plurality of undercarriage wheels in a direction of the fixed point and align a remainder of the plurality of undercarriage wheels of said one or more undercarriages parallel to each other, wherein the alignment unit is configured to determine a position of the fixed point relative to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, and is configured to turn the one wheel of the plurality of undercarriage wheels with the one or more control mechanisms as a function of a determined relative position of the fixed point.