truck beam
truck beam noun: a fore-and-aft horizontal beam at the lower end of the gear strut of a multi-axle landing gear bogie, upon which are mounted the multiple axles of the bogie.
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Noun
truck beam (plural truck beams)
- A fore-and-aft horizontal beam at the lower end of the gear strut of a multi-axle landing gear bogie, upon which are mounted the multiple axles of the bogie.
- [A Boeing 777 main landing gear assembly] comprises a shock strut, at the top of which is the MLG trunnion; at the lower end is a truck beam with three axles and six wheels. The truck beam rotates in pitch about a pivot at the base of the shock strut and a truck position actuator tilts the truck...2010 February 9, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, “1.6.13 Landing gear”, in Report on the accident to Boeing 777-236ER, G-YMMM, at London Heathrow Airport on 17 January 2008, archived from the...
Forms of truck beam
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Questions about truck beam
- What does truck beam mean?
- Truck beam means a fore-and-aft horizontal beam at the lower end of the gear strut of a multi-axle landing gear bogie, upon which are mounted the multiple axles of the bogie.
- What part of speech is truck beam?
- Truck beam is a noun.
- What is the plural of truck beam?
- The plural of truck beam is truck beams.
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