Lockheed Undercarriage and Hydraulic System for the HFB.320 Hansa: A Description of the Lockheed Precision Products Undercarriage and Hydraulic Control Equipment Supplied by the British Manufacturer for the Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB.320 Hansa Business Jet

Abstract

A RESOUNDING British success in the export market, despite interne foreign competition, was achieved recently by Lockheed Precision Products Ltd. when they secured an order worth well over £200,000 for undercarriages and general hydraulic control equipment for the Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB.320 Hansa business jet. The principal features of this air‐craft—including the reasons for the adoption of the novel sweptforward wing—were discussed in detail in the August 1964 issue of AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING (Ref. 1). Design and production of the undercarriage and hydraulics for the HFB.320 have been carried out at Lockheed's Liverpool factory with a drop test and development programme being conducted simultaneously at their Leamington research establishment. This co‐ordination of the Group's resources has made possible the delivery of the first sets of equipment in only nine months from the time of order. The following article deals solely with the aircraft's undercarriage and hydraulic system and their mode of operation.

Citation

(1965), "Lockheed Undercarriage and Hydraulic System for the HFB.320 Hansa: A Description of the Lockheed Precision Products Undercarriage and Hydraulic Control Equipment Supplied by the British Manufacturer for the Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB.320 Hansa Business Jet", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 37 No. 10, pp. 316-318. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb034085