SE528658C2 - Ground transport of aircraft - Google Patents
Ground transport of aircraftInfo
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- SE528658C2 SE528658C2 SE0502486A SE0502486A SE528658C2 SE 528658 C2 SE528658 C2 SE 528658C2 SE 0502486 A SE0502486 A SE 0502486A SE 0502486 A SE0502486 A SE 0502486A SE 528658 C2 SE528658 C2 SE 528658C2
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B64F1/00—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations
- B64F1/04—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations for launching aircraft
- B64F1/10—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations for launching aircraft using self-propelled vehicles
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B64F1/00—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B64F1/00—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations
- B64F1/22—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations for handling aircraft
- B64F1/223—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations for handling aircraft for towing aircraft
- B64F1/225—Vehicles specially adapted therefor, e.g. aircraft tow tractors
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Abstract
Description
lO 15 20 25 30 35 528 658 Uppfinningen innebär i grunden att flygfarkostens noshjul kopplas till marktransporttraktorn som landningsställen och noshjulstället låses mekaniskt. Siste man som lämnar flyg- planet kan fä fränkoppla flygplanets batteriaggregat och släcka ljuset i cockpit och i flygplanet, och kan även fri- släppa hydraulbromsarna för flygplanets hjul. Genom att temporärt montera positionslyktor med egna strömkällor på flygplanets vingar och eventuellt tail och genom att hälla dessa positionslyktor tända under marktransporten, kan nu själva marktransporten genomföras av traktorföraren, utan behov av personal till flygplanets cockpit. Lyktorna för vingarna är anordnade så att de kan visa rött respektive grönt ljus, företrädesvis inom en föreskriven sektor, var- vid lyktorna lämpligen är formade eller markerade för att medge lyktorna att placeras så att deras röda eller gröna ljus är riktat framåt, parallellt med flygplanets längd~ riktning. Vinglyktorna kan med fördel även vara anordnade att visa vitt ljus i en riktning motsatt det färgade ljusets riktning, varvid det bakåt riktade vita ljuset företrädesvis är anordnat att avges inom en i trafik- reglementen föreskriven sektor. Vinglyktorna kan även vara anordnade att i bakàtriktningen belysa flygplanets tail och/eller flygplanets logotyp i närheten av tailen, för att därigenom tydliggöra läget av flygplanets aktre ände. Här- igenom kan eventuellt en eller flera positionslyktor för tailen undvaras. Om en positionslykta skall monteras pà flygplanets tail, skall positionslyktan vara anordnad att visa vitt ljus åtminstone i en bakàtriktning relativt flyg~ planet, inom en föreskriven sektor. Alternativt eller dess- utom kan den temporärt pä tailen monterade positionslyktan vara anordnad att belysa flygplanets tail och/eller flyg- planets logotyp, som vanligen är belägen vid tail, för att på detta sätt tydliggöra belägenheten av flygplanets bakre ände. The invention basically means that the nose wheels of the aircraft are coupled to the ground transport tractor as the landing places and the nose wheel place are mechanically locked. The last person to leave the aircraft can disconnect the aircraft's battery unit and switch off the light in the cockpit and in the aircraft, and can also release the hydraulic brakes for the aircraft's wheels. By temporarily mounting position lamps with their own power sources on the aircraft's wings and possibly tail and by pouring these position lamps on during ground transport, the ground transport itself can now be carried out by the tractor driver, without the need for personnel for the aircraft cockpit. The lamps for the wings are arranged so that they can show red and green light, respectively, preferably within a prescribed sector, the lamps being suitably shaped or marked to allow the lamps to be placed so that their red or green light is directed forward, parallel to the plane. length ~ direction. The turn signals can advantageously also be arranged to show white light in a direction opposite to the direction of the colored light, the rearwardly directed white light preferably being arranged to be emitted within a sector prescribed in the traffic regulations. The wing lamps may also be arranged to illuminate the tail of the aircraft and / or the logo of the aircraft in the vicinity of the tail in the rearward direction, in order thereby to clarify the position of the aft end of the aircraft. As a result, one or more position lamps for the tail may be dispensed with. If a position lamp is to be mounted on the tail of the airplane, the position lamp shall be arranged to show white light at least in a rearward direction relative to the aircraft, within a prescribed sector. Alternatively or in addition, the temporary tail lamp may be arranged to illuminate the tail of the aircraft and / or the logo of the aircraft, which is usually located at the tail, in order in this way to clarify the location of the rear end of the aircraft.
Vinglyktorna placeras lämpligen i närheten av respektive vingände. 10 15 20 25 30 35 528 658 De temporärt monterade positionslyktorna har lämpligen vakuumsugklockor, med vilka de lösbart kan monteras i kor- rekta positioner pà flygfarkostens vingar respektive tail.The wine lanterns are conveniently placed near the respective wine end. 10 15 20 25 30 35 528 658 The temporarily mounted position lamps suitably have vacuum suction bells, with which they can be releasably mounted in the correct positions on the wings and tail of the aircraft respectively.
Sådana sugklockor kan som bekant ansluta till underlag med varierande topografi, såsom är fallet i de områden där sug- klockorna skall monteras, och detta innebär att positions- lyktorna säkert kan monteras på flygfarkosten inom ett för- hållandevis stort område. Positionslyktorna monteras före- trädesvis med ett verktyg som har ett längt skaft, vilket i sin ena ände kan bära lyktan exempelvis via en enkel krok, som samverkar med ett motsvarande fåstelement, exempelvis en ögla på lyktan. Vidare har skaftet en päverknings- anordning för att påverka en omkopplare på lyktan för aktivering respektive deaktivering av lyktans sugklocka och/eller ljuskälla. Påverkningsanordningen är lämpligen anordnad manövrerbar från skaftets andra ände så att en operatör pà marken som häller skaftet i dess andra änd- område, kan montera eller demontera en lanterna på Vingen eller tailen, och eventuellt även kan tända eller släcka den monterade lanternan. Naturligtvis kan lanternans tänd- ning respektive släckning genomföras med trådlös fjärr- styrning på i sig välkänt sätt, eller kan lyktan tändas innan den monteras och släckas efter demontering.As is well known, such suction bells can connect to surfaces with varying topography, as is the case in the areas where the suction bells are to be mounted, and this means that the position lamps can be safely mounted on the aircraft within a relatively large area. The position lamps are preferably mounted with a tool which has a long shaft, which at its one end can carry the lamp, for example via a simple hook, which cooperates with a corresponding fastening element, for example a loop on the lamp. Furthermore, the shaft has an actuating device for actuating a switch on the lamp for activating and deactivating the lamp's suction clock and / or light source, respectively. The actuating device is suitably arranged operable from the other end of the shaft so that an operator on the ground pouring the shaft into its other end area can mount or disassemble a lantern on the wing or tail, and possibly also switch the mounted lantern on or off. Of course, the lighting or switching off of the lantern can be carried out with wireless remote control in a manner well known in itself, or the lamp can be lit before it is mounted and extinguished after disassembly.
Genom uppfinningen uppnås även fördelen att själva traktorn inte behöver erbjuda någon strömförsörjning till flygfar- kosten för tändning av dess ordinarie positionslyktor.The invention also achieves the advantage that the tractor itself does not have to offer any power supply to the aircraft for lighting its ordinary position lamps.
Uppfinningen kommer i det följande att beskrivas i formen av ett exempel.The invention will be described in the following in the form of an example.
Ett flygplan står på marken via landningsställ med hjul och nosställ med hjul. Landningsställ och nosstàll läses mekaniskt genom att làsningsstift införes. Noshjulet kopplas till marktransporttraktorn. Siste man som lämnar flygplanscockpiten släcker ljuset genom att frànkoppla 10 15 20 25 30 35 528 658 flygplanets batteriaggregat, och släpper även flygplanets hjulbromsar (parkeringsbroms).An aircraft stands on the ground via landing gear with wheels and nose gear with wheels. Landing racks and nose racks are read mechanically by inserting locking pins. The nose wheel is coupled to the ground transport tractor. The last person to leave the aircraft cockpit switches off the light by disconnecting the aircraft's battery pack, and also releases the aircraft's wheel brakes (parking brake).
Rullning hindras exempelvis med kilar framför och bakom åtminstone ett av hjulen. Efter koppling till traktorn kan flygplanet bromsas av traktorn. Innan flygplanet skall marktransporteras med traktorn, monteras separata posi- tionslyktor pä flygplanets vingar och tail. Dessa lyktor har egna strömkällor och avger ljus av korrekt färg i för- hållande till placering. Flygplanet kan nu bogseras med traktorn till vald position, varefter lyktorna kan demon- teras. I den nya positionen kan personal gä in i flyg- planets cockpit och ansâtta hydraulbromsarna, och sedan frigöra den mekaniska läsningen av landningsställen och nosstället. Det inses att traktorföraren själv kan genom- föra alla arbetsmoment i samband med marktransporten.For example, rolling is prevented with wedges in front of and behind at least one of the wheels. After coupling to the tractor, the aircraft can be braked by the tractor. Before the aircraft is to be transported on the ground with the tractor, separate position lamps are mounted on the aircraft's wings and tail. These lamps have their own power sources and emit light of the correct color in relation to placement. The aircraft can now be towed with the tractor to the selected position, after which the headlights can be dismantled. In the new position, personnel can enter the cockpit of the aircraft and apply the hydraulic brakes, and then release the mechanical reading of the landing sites and the nose position. It is understood that the tractor driver himself can carry out all work steps in connection with ground transport.
Dä flygplanet har avställts, stoppar även dess hydraulpump.When the aircraft has stopped, its hydraulic pump also stops.
Hydraultrycket i hydraulkretsarna kan visserligen kvarligga i exempelvis hydraulcylindrar som positivt stabiliserar ställen i utfällt läge, men hydraultrycket kan klinga av, och för den sakens skull föreslås att ställen mekaniskt skall läsas exempelvis med ett respektive làsstift som införes i en fällningsledmekanism i respektive ställ så att fällningsleden blockeras i ställets helt utfällda till- stånd. Fällningsledmekanismen är lämpligen anordnad att i fullt utfällt tillstànd erbjuda ett visst motstånd mot infällning, även i frånvaro av hydraultryck i stabilise- ringscylindrarna. Exempelvis kan fällningsleden vara ut- formad sà att den frän ett fullt utfällt läge mäste svängas över ett dödpunktläge innan en av tyngdkraften driven infällningsrörelse kan äga rum.Although the hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic circuits can remain in, for example, hydraulic cylinders which positively stabilize the positions in the extended position, the hydraulic pressure can decrease, and for that reason it is suggested that the positions should be mechanically read, for example with a respective locking pin inserted in a folding joint mechanism. blocked in the fully unfolded state of the place. The folding joint mechanism is suitably arranged to offer a certain resistance to folding in in the fully unfolded condition, even in the absence of hydraulic pressure in the stabilizing cylinders. For example, the folding joint can be designed so that it must be pivoted from a fully unfolded position over a dead center position before a folding movement driven by gravity can take place.
Nosställets hjul är vridbart kring en allmänt vertikal axel för att medge styrning av planets rörelse på marken.The nose wheel is rotatable about a generally vertical axis to allow control of the plane's movement on the ground.
Noshjulet är därvid kopplat till en hydraulcylinder som 10 528 658 kan frambringa en styrningsvridning av noshjulet eller kan motverka en sådan styrningsvridning.The nose wheel is then coupled to a hydraulic cylinder which can produce a steering rotation of the nose wheel or can counteract such a steering rotation.
För att medge traktorn att kunna vrida noshjulet, finns därför lämpligen en shuntledning anordnad i hydraulkretsen förbi noshjulets styrningscylinder. Shuntledningen inne- häller då en normalt stängd ventil som kan öppnas genom införing av ett tillhörande sâkringsstift däri. Härigenom säkerställas att hydraulcylindern som styr noshjulets styrningsvridrörelse inte kan hindra sådan styrnings- rörelse, då flygplanets hydraulsystem är avställt och flygplanet skall marktransporteras med traktorn.In order to allow the tractor to be able to turn the nose wheel, there is therefore suitably a shunt line arranged in the hydraulic circuit past the steering cylinder of the nose wheel. The shunt line then contains a normally closed valve which can be opened by inserting an associated safety pin therein. This ensures that the hydraulic cylinder that controls the steering rotational movement of the nose wheel cannot prevent such steering movement, as the aircraft's hydraulic system is stopped and the aircraft must be transported on the ground with the tractor.
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