PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
SECTION 7
PA-2&I6I, ARCHER II
DESCRIPTION &
OPERATION
7.7 LANDING
GEAR
The thrce landing
gcars
use
Cl€veland 6.00 x 6 wheels, the main
gear
wheels
(Figure
7-l) b€ing
provided
with
brake drums and
Clevcland single
disc hydraulic brake assemblies. All three
wheels use 6.00 x 6, four-ply
rating, Type
III tires with tubes.
A
spring device is incorporated in th€ rudder
pedal
lorque rube
assembly to
provide
rudder trim. A bungee in
the nose
gear
srcering
m€chanism reduces st.ering
effort and dampcns bumps and shocks
during
taxiing.
By using the ruddcr
pedals
and brakes rhe nose
gear
is sreerable
through
a 30 degree arc each side of€€nt€r.
Later aircraft have the bungee
removed from
the
nose
gear
steering mechanism and aresteerable througha
20 degree arc each side ofcenter. A
shimmy dampeneris also included in the
nose
gear,
The
three struts are of the air-oil type, with
a
normal
extension of3.25
inch€s for th€ nose
gear
and
4.50 inches
for the main
gear.
Th€
standard brak€ system consists of dual toe brakes atta€hed !o the
rudder
pedals
and
a
hand lever
and master cylinder located below and
behind the left center of the instrument
sub-panel. Th€ toe brakes and the
hand brake have their own brake
cylinders, but they share a €ommon
reservoir. The brak€ fluid
reservoir is installed on the top lefi front face of
the fire wall. Th€
parking
brake is incorporated in
the masrercylinder and is
acruated
by
pulling
back onrh€brak€ lev€r,
dep
ressing the knob
attached to
the l€ft
sid€ of the
handle,
and releasing lh€ brak€ l€ver. To release
the
parking
brake,
pull
back on the brake lever
to disengage the catch
mechanism
and allow the handle to swing forward
(ref€r
to
Figure 7-5).
ISSUED:
JULY
2, 1979
REVISED:
JUNE 29, 1984
REPORT: VFrl20
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