CPC B64C 25/505 (2013.01) [B64C 25/34 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An aircraft landing gear shimmy damping device for aircraft landing gear with castering, the device comprising:
a centering cam engaged in a curvic slot in an internal diameter of an aircraft landing gear wheel spindle when at least one landing gear wheel is aligned with forward ground travel of the aircraft, engaging a landing gear wheel shimmy dampener, the centering cam configured to:
be pushed out of the curvic slot when the aircraft begins to turn, disengaging the landing gear wheel shimmy dampener; and
slide back into the curvic slot and engage the shimmy dampener, when the landing gear wheel is realigned with forward ground travel of the aircraft.
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