Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 44 Issue 3
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Avoiding R & D pitfalls
THE VERY FACT that research and development is now universally known by its initials indicates that its definition has become woolly. Matters are not helped because the subject…
Creation and dissemination by computer of electrical interface information in avionics systems
D.C.J. GARRETT, R.A. BOLTONTHE DESIGN and development of modern electronic systems, whether they are for military or industrial or commercial applications, is often exceedingly complex.
Helmet sight becomes target acquisition and reporting system
THE ANNOUNCEMENT that the first of 200 Honeywell helmet sight systems have been delivered to the United States Navy means that visual Tracreact also becomes a reality. This system…
A common design approach to STOL and Y/STOL transport aircraft
T.K. SZLENKIERHAWKER SIDDELEY'S studies on future advanced aircraft embrace the complete spectrum of field length from CTOL down to VTOL. However, this review is concerned solely with the…
The non‐synchronous techniques: Collision avoidance
SECANT is an acronym that stands for the SEparation and Control of Aircraft using Non‐synchronous Techniques. It is a cooperative transponding system which operates at L‐band, and…
Twenty foot table width routing machine: Material handling for wide bodied aircraft
HITHERTO the Max‐E‐Trace range of numerically controlled three or four axes profile milling and routing machines, which could be specified with any desired bed length from 10ft…
Airport Installations
The navigational lighting system for the new Dubai international airport ensures control of correct aircraft angle descent on to the 12,000 ft runway by means of the Thorn Visual…
Planning and operational aspects of “on condition” philosophies
F.S. NOWLANDURING recent years many airlines have realised that overhaul time controls alone have had little success in controlling failure frequency. Considerable effort has subsequently…
Weighing machines
Equipment capable of weighing a whole range of aircraft including future projects, was required by Hawker Siddeley Aviation. Furthermore it had to be flexible with the nose wheel…
Increasing efficiency
Previously British European Airways had used conventional epoxy or synthetic finishes for the paint coatings of their aircraft. They had to be re‐painted every 18 months to two…
Equipment and materials
The Tecalemit micro pump is valveless and there is face contact between plunger and piston at the end of the delivery stroke. Delivery is variable from 0 at the minimum setting to…
Books and literature
With fourteen invited and 57 other papers submitted for the eighth international shock tube symposium, there are two sections of particular interest to aerospace engineers: the…
Ear‐to‐ground
Work is starting on a new generation of jet engines in the 10 ton thrust category. This became official when the French government gave the go‐ahead to SNECMA for the M56 engine…
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- Prof Phil Webb