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Fly‐by‐Wire Actuation for Combat Aircraft

R.G. Hilton (Technical Director and Technical Manager Dowty Boulton Paul Ltd)
D.J. Steed (Technical Director and Technical Manager Dowty Boulton Paul Ltd)

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN: 0002-2667

Article publication date: 1 February 1985

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Abstract

Dowty Boulton Paul have been involved in the electrical signalling of aircraft control surface actuators since 1956 and would claim responsibility for the first aircraft to fly with such control in 1957. Figure 1 shows that Dowty have been continuously working on fly‐by‐wire projects since that time.

Citation

Hilton, R.G. and Steed, D.J. (1985), "Fly‐by‐Wire Actuation for Combat Aircraft", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 57 No. 2, pp. 2-10. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb036068

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1985, MCB UP Limited

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