Landing Gear - Diamond DA 40 Flight Manual

Airplane
DA 40 AFM
Description

7.5 LANDING GEAR

The landing gear consists of a main landing gear of sprung steel struts, and a
free-castering nose wheel which is sprung by an elastomer package.
The wheel fairings are removable. When flying without wheel fairings, it should be noted
that there is a reduction in some areas of performance (see Chapter 5).
Wheel Brakes
Hydraulically operating disk brakes act on the wheels of the main landing gear. The wheel
brakes are individually operated by means of toe pedals.
Parking Brake
The lever is located on the small center console under the instrument panel, and is in
the upper position when the brakes are released. To operate the parking brake pull the
lever downwards until it catches. Brake pressure is built up by multiple operation of the
toe brake pedals, and is maintained until the parking brake is released. To release, the
lever is pushed upwards.
Doc. # 6.01.01-E Rev. 8 01-Dec-2010 Page 7 - 13