Patent ID: 6048477
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B29C,B64C

Abstract:
A method of forming an aircraft landing gear strut fairing/debris protector, said landing gear strut having a surface to be protected, said protector comprising first and second fiber reinforced plastics skin elements with a foamed core interposed therebetween, the method including the steps of:providing a tool having two tool surfaces, each surface comprising a mold for forming a desired skin for said protector, one of said tool surfaces having a surface configuration substantially identical to said surface of said landing gear strut;forming a lay-up on each said tool surface, each lay-up comprising a fibrous reinforcing material and a plastics matrix material and allowing the matrix material at least partly to harden forming said skin elements;positioning the tools such that the two skin elements are supported in their desired final relationship to one another; andintroducing a foaming resin between the skin elements to form a connecting foam core therebetween.