28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-6.8.2

PRELIMINARY STUDY OF EMA LANDING GEAR ACTUATION

W. Li, J. P. Fielding*
The First Aircraft Inst. of AVIC, China; *Cranfield Univ., UK

Keywords: landing gear actuation, large passenger aircraft

This research covers a preliminary study of EMA(Electro-Mechanical Actuator) system for landing gear actuation on a large passenger aircraft. The purpose of this research is to explore the possibility of EMA landing gear actuation, and to provide guidance for further R&D efforts.

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