Tecnam P-Mentor - Landing Gear; Flight Controls

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Section 7 - AIRFRAME AND SYSTEMS DESCRIPTION
FLIGHT CONTROLS
P-Mentor – Aircraft Flight Manual Page 7 - 5
2.4. LANDING GEAR
The landing gear consists of the main landing gear composed by two main steel
leaf-springs positioned crossways to the fuselage and the nose landing gear
composed by hydraulic shock absorber connected directly to the main structure.
The steel leaf-springs (main landing gear) are attached to the fuselage structure on
composite beams. Wheels are cantilevered on gear struts and feature hydraulically
actuated disc brakes controlled by toe.
P-Mentor is provided with an independent hydraulically actuated brake system for
each main wheel. A master cylinder is attached to each pilot’s rudder pedal.
Hydraulic pressure, applied via the master cylinders, enters the brake via lines
connected to an inlet fitting on the caliper.
A parking brake valve, mounted in correspondence of the cabin floor and operated
by a knob on the cockpit central pedestal (pilot side), intercepts the hydraulic lines,
once pressurized by toe brakes, to hold the brake assemblies linings tightened
round the main wheels brake discs. Brakes can be operated from either pilot’s and
co-pilot’s pedals: a single vented oil reservoir feeds the pilot side master cylinders
which are connected, via hoses, with the co-pilot’s side ones.
Figure 7-2 - Rudder Pedals and Brake Master Cylinders (Pilot and Co-pilot Side)
Figure 7-3 - Brake System Schemati