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Citation
(2002), "Aircraft type air scoops for rotating undercarriage wheel", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 74 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2002.12774bad.002
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
Aircraft type air scoops for rotating undercarriage wheel
Keywords: Patents, Aircraft
In GB Patent GB 2352431 Norman Evans describes resilient rubber air scoops attached to the side walls of an aircraft's landing wheels' tyres so that when the wheels are lowered into the airstream prior to landing the rubber pockets below the wds of rotation cause considerable resistance to the airflow whilst the pockets above the axis of rotation cause minimal resistance causing the wheel to rotate at a speed at touch down similar to the ground speed of the aircraft.