Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 61 Issue 11
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The Complete Landing Gear
Aircraft undercarriage design involves the application and dissipation of energy within all the various mechanisms making up the complete gear. The functions of landing, taxying…
Radiator Developed for Space Power Systems
TRAVELERS often face the problem of overheated auto engines and may be briefly delayed alongside a highway while they wait for the water to cool. But what usually poses nothing…
Accurate High Speed Contouring — the Dream to the Reality:‐ Part 1
Many papers have been written on the theoretical advantages of high speed machining and its particular attraction for the aircraft industry has fuelled considerable research into…
Composite Materials in Propellers
Dowty Rotol Limited, CheltenhamTHE introduction of the pure jet gas turbine propelled aeroplane appeared to herald the demise of the propeller as a means of propulsion for other than small or specialised…
Military Equipment
AMONG the exhibits at the Royal Navy Equipment Exhibition (RNEE) in Portsmouth and at Milcomp in Wembley were many developing technologies related to aerospace. Particularly…
The Effect of CALS on the British Aerospace Industry
Hundreds of British engineering companies supplying the US Department of Defence with systems and components will have to re‐think their business strategies for the 1990s to…
Sandvik Solutions Bring Major Tooling Savings
Demand for high strength, heat resistant forgings for aircraft engines and gas turbines was threatening to swamp Cameron Iron Works' Forged Products Division at Livingston in…
SAC — Providing Top Skills to the Aerospace Industry
SAC was formed in July 1961 by three directors, Roger Smedley, Peter Allard, and Ian Creer to provide contract design services to the engineering industry. The name of the company…
Safety Topics: Failure of Engine Bleed Duct
MaydayTHE take‐off weight of a DC‐10 gave a V1 speed of 160 kt and the take‐off run was normal until at a speed of around 140 kt the co‐pilot and flight engineer saw that the N1 gauge…
FKI Offers Complete Cockpit Compatibility for NVG
CONVERSION or replacement of complete cockpit instrumentation panels for operation with night vision goggle (NVG) equipment is provided by FKI Electrical Components Limited for…
Equipment, Materials and Services
MCP Equipment has introduced a metal‐spraying system capable of coating out‐of‐sight areas — like the interiors of pipes, tubing, cylinders, and hollow castings — previously…
Contracts
The first Optica Scout destined for the USA in the US$22 million sales agreement with Kansas City Aviation Centre left the production line at Brooklands Aerospace at the end of…
News and Views
Ratcliffe Springs and Pressings Ltd, a leading supplier of specialist springs and related components for aerospace and defence applications, has commenced construction of a new £2…
People
Stewart Bottoms has been appointed sales manager by Torvac Furnaces Ltd, one of Europe's leading manufacturers of advanced vacuum furnaces. Based in Bristol, Mr Bottoms will be…
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- Prof Phil Webb