pistonType

Geometric description and material properties of the landing gear piston. The figure below shows the condition of the uncompressed piston, where the length of the exposed part is the sum of the <maxSpringDeflection> and the <compressedExternalLength> :

Attributes

Name	Type	Use	Description
`@externalDataDirectory`	`xsd:string`	optional	Directory of the external file the element was read from, as URI
`@externalDataNodePath`	`xsd:string`	optional	Path of the parent element in the merged dataset, at which the element was inserted from an external file
`@externalFileName`	`xsd:string`	optional	Name of the external file the element was read from
`@uID`	`xsd:ID`	required	UID

Child elements

Name	Type	OccurrenceHow often the element may appear at this place. The schema writes it as minOccurs and maxOccurs on the declaration.	Description
allThe children below may appear in any order. Each may appear at most once.
`length`	`doubleBaseType`	[1..1] required	Length
`strutProperties`	`strutPropertiesType`	[1..1] required	Properties of the piston strut
`maxSpringDeflection`	`doubleBaseType`	[1..1] required	Maximum spring deflection of the piston (difference between minimum and maximum deflection)
`compressedExternalLength`	`doubleBaseType`	[1..1] required	Length of the piston that remains outside of the main strut in fully compressed state

pistonType

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In a dataset · 4 paths

In the schema · 1 declaration