Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 56 Issue 10
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Solartron Extend Rolls‐Royce Engine Test Systems
A THIRD phase contract worth £100,000 to extend an Automatic Data Recording (ADR) system at the Rolls‐Royce engine test facility in Hatfield has been completed by Solartron…
Helicopter Rotor Head Plate Gauged Sixteen Times Faster
GAUGING the diameter, position, and depth of 50 holes in a light alloy rotor head plate for Westland Helicopters now takes just 15 minutes at the Brockenhurst works of aerospace…
345,000 Micro Holes by Laser: New technique in aircraft de‐icing systems manufacture provides bonus spin‐offs
JK LASERS LTD of Rugby has helped solve many a customer's problem where traditional machining techniques are inadequate for an ultra‐demanding need.
Buccaneer S2B Fatique Test Facility
A NEW fatigue test on a complete Buccaneer airframe was commissioned recently at British Aerospace's Weybridge Division factory at Brough. This is a life extension test and with…
Computer Terminal Replaces Drawing Board
THE first major section of a tactical aircraft designed primarily with three‐dimensional Computer Aided Design (CAD) data will be a part of the McDonnell Douglas TAV‐8B Harrier II…
High Resolution, Portable Flaw Detector
A NEW high performance portable flaw detector has been introduced by Wells‐Krautkramer. The latest of the USL range, the USL 48 is a high resolution instrument with selectable 5…
Farnborough International '84: Indications of Recovery
A LONG‐AWAITED and hoped‐for recovery seems to be under way in the aircraft industry and a cautious welcome was given to this phenomenon at Farnborough. Soon after the close of…
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