Navigate / EASA

VTOL.2305 Landing gear systems

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(a)     The landing gear must be designed to:

(1)     provide stable support and control to the aircraft during surface operation; and

(2)     account for likely system failures and likely operation environment (including anticipated limitation exceedances and emergency procedures).

(b)     The aircraft must have a reliable means of stopping the aircraft with sufficient kinetic energy absorption to account for landing and take-off, in all approved conditions, and of holding the aircraft in position when parked.

(c)      For aircraft that have a system that actuates the landing gear, there must be:

(1)     a positive means to keep the landing gear in the landing position; and

(2)     an alternative means available to bring the landing gear in the landing position when a non-deployed system position would be a hazard.