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Windshield Flight Environment Simulator

L.G. Campbell (Senior Project Engineer)
J.W. Marshall (Supervisor, Engineering Test, Sierracin Corporation)

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN: 0002-2667

Article publication date: 1 March 1976

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Abstract

Owing to the inadequacy of conventional laboratory windshield qualification testing methods, it is not unusual for unforeseen problems to develop in the real world of flight service. Aircraft windshields are normally subjected to static, material, environmental, and, in some instances, to limited service condition testing before being incorporated into prototype hardware. In‐service monitoring is used to compare the prototype to previous designs. Determining the relative effectiveness of corrective “fixes” or design improvements by in‐service testing can take months or even years of calendar time. To overcome these prob‐lems, Sierracin has developed and constructed an advanced Windshield Flight Environment Simulator (WFES), that duplicates the total operating environment of electrically‐heated, pressurized windshields, on a highly compressed time scale.

Citation

Campbell, L.G. and Marshall, J.W. (1976), "Windshield Flight Environment Simulator", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 48 No. 3, pp. 4-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb035303

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1976, MCB UP Limited

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