Landing Gear Accelerator

THEORY: To use the air speed difference between the plane and the standing air next to the plane. To bring the landing gear up to speed before the landing gear touches down on the runway.

DATE of ORIGIN: August, 1994.

DESCRIPTION: Start by adding a small number of “cups” or “vanes” to the rim of the wheel, clipped on similar to balancing weights. Turning each cup to face the wind, similar to a weather vane, and to rotate the wheel in a clock whys direction. Cups of appropriate size will cause the landing gear to start to rotate and pick up speed until it matches that of the speed of the plane.

   

This is a very simple idea. This idea has been around for many years, twenty-three actually, often wondering why it was not thought of by someone else, even after all this years.

The point here is to reduce the waste of money and rubber that is left behind on the runway. Millions of dollars are spent on this problem each year. There is even a half million dollar machine for each airport that does nothing but remove rubber from the runway. Using Natural Gas to heat the rubber and then a scraper to remove it.

The rubber left behind when the tires go from a standing position to one hundred and sixty kilometers an hour, in four seconds, is a safety problem. As incoming planes lose traction and slide on the smooth surface.

Here is illustrated the use of “cups” but it could be any number of concepts. From a cup to a computer designed vain. Similar to that of a jet engine intake vain. Long, twisted and protracting from the center. Very simple concept and very effective a reducing costs and the exploitative use of the environment.

      

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