Horizon
1973-04-01 00:00:00
April 1973 3 Aircraft Engineering TH E MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING FRANCE AND THE AIR SHOW control and protection equipment supplied by Lucas Aerospace for the Mascot of the Paris Air Show is to be Santos Dumont, who achieved deHavilland of Canada DHC-7. There are also four 10kVA engine the first powered flight in Europe and was born a hundred years ago. mounted, wide speed range ac generators and control units arranged in Several events are being organised to celebrate the centenary. a fully interlocked, four channel system. In the start mode, the dc gen Among the French aircraft taking part in the flying display will be two erators have a five start capability of 25scc duration. A permanent mag twin-jet SN 601 Corvette executive aircraft. Test results show that normal net generator is incorporated within the machine to give independence from the aircraft battery along with an internal fan to permit operation ramp weight will be 6,100kgs with overloads of 6,200kgs already flown. at ground level. The DHC-7 is scheduled to have its first flight in August It operates from a 1,250m runway which will be reduced to 1,000m with next year. the Larzac jets. Also there will be the SA 360 helicopter, carrying nine passengers at 285km/hr for 3¼hr. AIRPORT EQUIPMENT EXHIBITION The third International Airport Construction and Equipment Exhibi AIR CUSHION LANDING SOON tion will be held in Geneva between 18 and 21 June 1974. An air cushion landing system has been installed in place of the con ventional wheel landing system, on a de Havilland Canada CC-115 FLYING HISTORY DISPLAYS Buffalo STOL tactical transport aircraft. It is expected to be undergoing Historical aeroplanes from the Shuttleworth collection are to be flying tests by the middle of the year and be delivered for military trials featured on a large scale at the Cranfield Air Pageant. This is being held next year. at Cranfield on 8th and 9th September. Major flying displays are being The air cushion trunk, when inflated, will appear as an elongated held at Old Warden: the festival of historic transport on 23rd and 24th doughnut attached to the bottom of the aircraft fuselage. Air escapes June, a flying display on 26th August and there is a further flying day to from this trunk through numerous small holes around the ground contact close the season on 28th October. area, providing lift to support the aircraft and air lubrication allowing it to remain just clear of the surface. The trunk is fitted with six braking SH37 RECONNAISSANCE VERSION pillows on the underside, which inflate when the pilot applies the air The SH37 Saab Viggen reconnaissance version for sea surveillance is craft brakes. This braking action pushes the tyre tread-type material to be produced in quantity production. This multi-role STOL combat against the ground and stops the aircraft on hard runways in a distance comparable with that of wheel and brake landing gears. During flight the air supply engines may be either shut down or used to provide addi tional propulsive thrust. The elastic trunk is designed so that it will then contract to stretch tightly around the fuselage surface, where it will con tribute little or no aerodynamic drag. The engines which supply air to the trunk and air cushion have been developed by United Aircraft of Canada Ltd from their family of PT-6 engines. The standard Buffalo propellers are being modified to include a system allowing direct pilot control of the propeller blade angle at low power levels so as to permit precise speed and directional control during landing and ground manoeuvres on the air cushion. II 86 JUMBO UNDER CONSTRUCTION The II 86 jumbo jet designed by Sergei Ilyushin, is now being built. It will scat 350 people and have a speed of 950km/hr. It will have two decks, a passenger deck with cabins and a cargo deck with special stands. The aircraft is expected to be particularly suited for flights linking major industrial cities with Russian health resorts. CRUTCHLESS LIGHT STORES CARRIER aircraft will be able to be used for attack missions as well as survey. It A light stores carrier combining free-fall release units with a suspension will carry air to air missiles as well as surveillance radar, cameras and system which does not need crutches, is the subject of an 18 month de night photography equipment. velopment programme now being conducted by F. G. Miles Engineering Ltd. LANDING SYSTEM COMPETITION A marine remote area approach landing system comprising a ground WATER SURFACE TO COUNTER LAND PRICES and an airborne system, has been accepted as an eleven month develop With city centre ground values ranging from 3 to 22m dollars an acre, ment contract culminating in a US navy competitive fly-off. This Singer and extensive water areas available in many United States cities, Lockheed Kearfott system is portable at 801b and sufficiently rugged that it can be are now considering equipping their proposed STOL Hercules with air-dropped. It will operate in the K microwave band and will be hydroski and wing floats which could operate from lakes and rivers. The u compatible with existing AN/ARA-63 receiver/decoder systems. It is aircraft would carry between 70 and 100 passengers at 330mph with a 700 designed to permit aircraft to land in the equivalent conditions similar mile range. to those of Civilian category II. DHC-7 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WEIGHT ENGINEERS' ANNUAL CONFERENCE The first electrical system to be supplied by a British company for an The European chapter of the Society of Aeronautical Weight Engineers aircraft produced on the North American continent will be a set of four will be hosts to the annual conference in London from 24th to 28th June. 7·5kW engine mounted, wide speed range de starter generators with full
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April 1973 3 Aircraft Engineering TH E MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING FRANCE AND THE AIR SHOW control and protection equipment supplied by Lucas Aerospace for the Mascot of the Paris Air Show is to be Santos Dumont, who achieved deHavilland of Canada DHC-7. There are also four 10kVA engine the first powered flight in Europe and was born a hundred years ago. mounted, wide speed range ac generators and control units arranged in Several events are being organised to celebrate the centenary. a fully interlocked, four channel system. In the start mode, the dc gen Among the French aircraft taking part in the flying display will be two erators have a five start capability of 25scc duration. A permanent mag twin-jet SN 601 Corvette executive aircraft. Test results show that normal net generator is incorporated within the machine to give independence from the aircraft battery along with an internal fan to permit operation ramp weight will be 6,100kgs with overloads of 6,200kgs already flown. at ground level. The DHC-7 is scheduled to have its first flight in August It operates from a 1,250m runway which will be reduced to 1,000m with next year. the Larzac jets. Also there will be the SA 360 helicopter, carrying nine passengers at 285km/hr for 3¼hr. AIRPORT EQUIPMENT EXHIBITION The third International Airport Construction and Equipment Exhibi AIR CUSHION LANDING SOON tion will be held in Geneva between 18 and 21 June 1974. An air cushion landing system has been installed in place of the con ventional wheel landing system, on a de Havilland Canada CC-115 FLYING HISTORY DISPLAYS Buffalo STOL tactical transport aircraft. It is expected to be undergoing Historical aeroplanes from the Shuttleworth collection are to be flying tests by the middle of the year and be delivered for military trials featured on a large scale at the Cranfield Air Pageant. This is being held next year. at Cranfield on 8th and 9th September. Major flying displays are being The air cushion trunk, when inflated, will appear as an elongated held at Old Warden: the festival of historic transport on 23rd and 24th doughnut attached to the bottom of the aircraft fuselage. Air escapes June, a flying display on 26th August and there is a further flying day to from this trunk through numerous small holes around the ground contact close the season on 28th October. area, providing lift to support the aircraft and air lubrication allowing it to remain just clear of the surface. The trunk is fitted with six braking SH37 RECONNAISSANCE VERSION pillows on the underside, which inflate when the pilot applies the air The SH37 Saab Viggen reconnaissance version for sea surveillance is craft brakes. This braking action pushes the tyre tread-type material to be produced in quantity production. This multi-role STOL combat against the ground and stops the aircraft on hard runways in a distance comparable with that of wheel and brake landing gears. During flight the air supply engines may be either shut down or used to provide addi tional propulsive thrust. The elastic trunk is designed so that it will then contract to stretch tightly around the fuselage surface, where it will con tribute little or no aerodynamic drag. The engines which supply air to the trunk and air cushion have been developed by United Aircraft of Canada Ltd from their family of PT-6 engines. The standard Buffalo propellers are being modified to include a system allowing direct pilot control of the propeller blade angle at low power levels so as to permit precise speed and directional control during landing and ground manoeuvres on the air cushion. II 86 JUMBO UNDER CONSTRUCTION The II 86 jumbo jet designed by Sergei Ilyushin, is now being built. It will scat 350 people and have a speed of 950km/hr. It will have two decks, a passenger deck with cabins and a cargo deck with special stands. The aircraft is expected to be particularly suited for flights linking major industrial cities with Russian health resorts. CRUTCHLESS LIGHT STORES CARRIER aircraft will be able to be used for attack missions as well as survey. It A light stores carrier combining free-fall release units with a suspension will carry air to air missiles as well as surveillance radar, cameras and system which does not need crutches, is the subject of an 18 month de night photography equipment. velopment programme now being conducted by F. G. Miles Engineering Ltd. LANDING SYSTEM COMPETITION A marine remote area approach landing system comprising a ground WATER SURFACE TO COUNTER LAND PRICES and an airborne system, has been accepted as an eleven month develop With city centre ground values ranging from 3 to 22m dollars an acre, ment contract culminating in a US navy competitive fly-off. This Singer and extensive water areas available in many United States cities, Lockheed Kearfott system is portable at 801b and sufficiently rugged that it can be are now considering equipping their proposed STOL Hercules with air-dropped. It will operate in the K microwave band and will be hydroski and wing floats which could operate from lakes and rivers. The u compatible with existing AN/ARA-63 receiver/decoder systems. It is aircraft would carry between 70 and 100 passengers at 330mph with a 700 designed to permit aircraft to land in the equivalent conditions similar mile range. to those of Civilian category II. DHC-7 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WEIGHT ENGINEERS' ANNUAL CONFERENCE The first electrical system to be supplied by a British company for an The European chapter of the Society of Aeronautical Weight Engineers aircraft produced on the North American continent will be a set of four will be hosts to the annual conference in London from 24th to 28th June. 7·5kW engine mounted, wide speed range de starter generators with full
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