Chapter 13

Aircraft Landing Gear Systems

Pages 52-66
Topics
• Brake Actuating Systems • Control Units
• Independent system • Anti skid control valves
• Booster system
• Power brake system
• Parking Brake
• Emergency Brake system • Anti skid
• Parking Brake • Brake Deboosters
• Anti skid • Wheel Speed Sensors
• Brake Deboosters
• Wheel Speed Sensors
Brake Actuating Systems
• Use hydraulic power to operate
• Different means of delivering the required hydraulic fluid
• Three basic actuating system:
• Independent system
• Booster system
• Power brake system
Independent Master Cylinders
• Used by small, light aircraft and aircraft without hydraulic systems.

• Not connected in aircraft hydraulic system

• Similar to brake system of automobile

• Master cylinders used to develop the hydraulics pressure to operate

brakes
• A master cylinder for each brake is mechanically connected to the
corresponding rudder pedal

• When the pedal is depressed, a piston inside a sealed fluid filled

chamber in the master cylinder forces hydraulic fluid through a line to
the piston(s) in the brake assembly.

• The brake piston(s) push the brake linings against the brake rotor to
create the friction that slows the wheel rotation
• The harder the pedal is pushed the harder the pressure between the
brake system against the rotor
• Many master cylinders have built-in reservoirs for the brake hydraulic
fluid.

• Some have single remote reservoir to service both of

the aircraft’s two master cylinders.