Front landing gear of reduced height and aircraft, in particular a flying wing, equipped with such a front landing gear

摘要

A front landing gear comprising an undercarriage and a landing gear bay, the undercarriage including a single wheel, a landing gear strut and a stay rod, the undercarriage being movable between a retracted position in which it is stowed inside the landing gear bay and a deployed position in which it extends mainly outside the landing gear bay and the aircraft, the wheel then extending in a median longitudinal plane of the aircraft. The landing gear strut is laterally offset, extending in a plane strictly parallel to the plane of the wheel. The landing gear strut is articulated about a longitudinal axis pivot connection such that, when the undercarriage is moved between its retracted and deployed positions, the landing gear strut moves in a transverse plane. The front landing gear is particularly suitable for an aircraft of flying wing type.