AIRCRAFT
DA 42 NG AMM
Landing Gear
Doc # 7.02.15
Rev. 4
32-20-00
Page 1
15 Mar 2018
Section 32-20
Nose Landing Gear
1. General
The nose landing gear is housed in the nose gear bay and is attached to the surrounding structure by
the nose landing gear mounting-bracket. The nose gear leg has an oleo-pneumatic strut and a single
wheel. The nose gear bay has two composite doors and the rudder control system operates the nose
wheel steering.
2. Description
Figures 1 and 2 show the nose landing gear. The nose gear bay is located in the nose of the airplane
and is an integral part of the nose structure. The nose landing gear attaches to a mounting bracket.
Bolts attach the mounting bracket to the cockpit front frame and the nose gear bay.
The nose gear leg has a tubular steel housing. The tubular steel housing makes the top of the leg and
has the leg swivel mountings. Bronze bushes in the tubular steel housing hold a tubular strut. The strut
can turn in the housing. Stops on the tubular steel housing and the tubular steel strut limit the amount
that the tubular steel strut can turn.
The tubular strut carries a universal joint coupling at the top. The coupling has three parts. A top pivot
gimbal, a bottom pivot gimbal and a central pivot block. The top pivot gimbal has a steering actuator
lever. Refer to Section 32-50 for more data about the nose wheel steering.
A sliding tube is located in the bottom of the tubular steel strut. A seal holds the sliding tube in the
tubular steel strut. The bottom part of the sliding tube contains hydraulic fluid. The top part of the
tubular steel strut contains nitrogen at high pressure. These components make the nose gear leg
damper. Two torque-links hold the sliding tube aligned with the tubular steel strut.
Four bolts attach the nose wheel fork to the bottom of the sliding tube. The fork holds the nose wheel.
Refer to Section 32-40 for more data about the nose wheel.
The nose gear bay is sealed by two doors when the landing gear is retracted. Each nose gear door
has four hinges. Two short operating rods connect the nose gear bay doors to the nose gear leg
operating mechanism.
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