28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-6.11.2

WEIGHT ON WHEEL SYSTEM BASED ON STRAIN GAUGES

A. M. G. Tripero, J. L. L. Arevalo, E. L. Pėna
Airbus Military, Spain

Keywords: strain gauge, landing gear, calibration

A new Weigh on Wheel (WoW) System based on strain gauges has been developed in Airbus Military to improve the WoW detection system of some landing gears. This WoW system was developed to detect a low landing load not detected by the standard WoW system based on inductive sensors.

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