METHOD OF PROTECTING AN AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR WHILE THE AIRCRAFT IS BEING TOWED, AND PIN FOR COUPLING A TOWING BAR TO AN ORIENTABLE LOWER PART OF A LANDING GEAR

摘要

A method of protecting an aircraft undercarriage (1) while it is being towed by means of a tow bar (13) hitched to a steerable bottom portion of the undercarriage, the method including the step of generating an alarm when a towing force imposed by the tow bar on the undercarriage reaches or exceeds a predetermined force threshold. The threshold is caused to vary as a function of an orientation of the steerable bottom portion of the undercarriage.