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truck beams

truck beams is the plural of truck beam.

Meaning of truck beam

Noun

truck beam (plural truck beams)

  1. 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...

Questions about truck beams

What is truck beams the plural of?
Truck beams is the plural of truck beam.

Words near truck beams in the dictionary

  1. truck
  2. truck and trailer
  3. truck bay
  4. truck bays
  5. truck beam
  6. truck beams
  7. truck bomb
  8. truck bombs
  9. truck camper
  10. truck campers
  11. truck crop

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