Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 44 Issue 8

Ambitious programme needed

STATEMENTS FROM TWO SOURCES show, when considered in juxtaposition, an alarming state of affairs:

Fly by wire control system

D.J. MILLARD, FIMechE, FRAeS

BEFORE BEING SELECTED as the design authority and manufacturer of the Concorde units, Dowty Boulton Paul had obtained considerable experience of electrically signalled control…

Variable feel simulation

VARIABLE FEEL SYSTEMS were developed to provide the pilots of high‐performance jet aircraft — equipped with powered flying controls — with simulated aerodynamic reaction forces at…

Counter rotating STOL discs

G.M. ANDREW

A ROTATING PLASTIC DISC, such as a Frisbee, indicates high lift coefficients. To examine this phenomenon, experimental research was conducted, using a specially‐constructed…

The cost effective use of sheet material

T.O. MA WILLIAMS, CEng, MIEE FIMechE, Fl, ProdE

AEROSPACE is a very broad field and in order to deal with sheet metal applications in a little detail it is proposed to limit this article to airframes where the largest usage of…

Automatic landing and microwave guidance system potential

A.M. PATRICK, MIERE CEng

The striking advances in ILS performance in the last decade are related to the impetus given by specific changes in operational requirements, particularly as regards automatic…

Aircraft Installation

A tyre pressure gauge is dual calibrated 50–300lbf/in2 and 4 to 20 bar. The gauge allows quick and accurate pressure checks. The twin head can accommodate both the 0·302in…

JT4 engines for terminal energy plant

THE TOTAL ENERGY PLANT located by Trans World Airline at their overhaul base at Kansas City International Airport is unique in that the prime movers for power generation are Pratt…

Simulator training systems

Lufthansa required a visual simulation system for their training centre in Frankfurt which would provide a single picture of the outside scene focused at infinity and which can be…

Contracts achieved

The first major order for RCA's commercial air navigation equipment for use aboard military aircraft is for distance measuring equipment for use on Cessna T‐37 jet trainers.