Random Aeronautical Term
Shuttle valve
An automatic selector valve mounted on critical components such as landing gear actuation cylinders and brake cylinders. For normal operation, system fluid flows into the actuator through the shuttle valve, but if normal system pressure is lost, emergency system pressure forces the shuttle over and emergency fluid flows into the actuator.
[Source: FAA-H-8083-30B AMT Airframe Handbook]
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