MAIN WHEEL FOR LIGHT COMBAT AIRCRAFT (LCA)

摘要

This Main Wheel is designed and developed by ASERDC, HAL Accessories Division, Lucknow for Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) to operate with LCA Brake Unit. This light aluminum alloy wheei is of bowl type configuration with loose flange and lock ring and is designed to acccwnrvloelate a tubeless Tyre of size 26'x 8.00'- 14',18PR. There are two taper roller bearings for mounting wheel on Main Landing Gears (MLG) of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). This wheei has a hub cap sub assembly to transmit wheel speed to wheei speed sensor mohed inside MLG. There is a provision of fusible plugs for thermai potecbon of wheel; these plugs shall blow when a wheel hub reaches at a critical temperature. In the inner periphery of wheel, seven drive tenons are provided over which steel drive blocks are bolted to provide hard surface to wheel hub. These drive tenons are accommodate in the rotors of LCA-Brake.