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Aviation History
1957
1957 - 1102.PDF
FUGHT, 9 August 1957 SAG-TYPE FUEL TANKS (AVTUR OR AVTAC 7J» ») POWER-OPIMTBALL-STEEL ROTQJ ROTODYNE . / • FUGHT DECK(CAPTAIN TO STlt>.) \ / fMKEY fORWARD RETRACTING NOSfWHEIl UNIT SUB om RADIO AND \ ELECTRICAL RACKS lift dm ROTOl PROPELLERS (USED CONVENTIONALLY fOR CRUISING FLIGHT. DIFFERENTIALLY FOR DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AT LOW SPEED) The Rotodyne (two Napier Elands, of 3£00 e.h.p. each, and four Fairy tip-jet units) is designed to carry 40 passengers or 9,000 Ib of freight over stage-lengths of up to 300 n.m. This special "Flight" drawing illustrates the structure and details of the first prototype. 1 Pressure head. 2 Static-pressure aperture. 3 Twin nosewheel-doors, 4 Nosewheel-leg door. 5 Rudder pedals and toe brakes. 6 Cyclic-pitch control. 7 Collective-pitch control. 8 Centre console (see cockpit dia- gram, p. 196). 9 Main instrument panel under shroud. 19 Transition panel. 11 Windscreen wipers. 12 Wiper motors. 13 Wiper control panel, and brake pressure. 14 Sliding side-windows. 15 Nosewheel jack. It Breaker strut. 17 External supply sockets, 28 v, 112 v. 18 Flight-deck door. 19 Jacking point. 20 Cooling air for radio and electrical racks. 21 Integral-stair balance springs. 22 Upper half-door. 23 Light channel-section frames. 24 Angle-section longerons. 25 Continuous seat-rails. 16 Lightweight laminated floor panels. 27 Compressor control linkage. 28 Rudder cables and linkage. 2) Integrator (rudder, pitch, com- pressor). 30 Wing/fuseiage connections (four). 31 Tubular pylon structure. 32 Fairing, attached only to 31. 33 Pylon/wing connections (four). 34 Fuel collector tank. 35 Fuel pumps. 36 Fuel tank vents. 37 Fuel (gravity) fillers. 38 Pressure refuelling point. 39 Fuel filter. 40 Fuel regulators. . - -...... 41 Fuel-cooled oil cooler. 42 Central beam for rotor-head controls. 43 Hydraulic header tank, systems 1 and 2. 44 Hydraulic reservoirs. 45 Rotor-head main bearing casing. 46 Head/pylon connections (four). 47 Steel hub centre. 48 Steel stub-arms with flapping hinges. 49 Steel inner spars (see airflow diagram, p. 197). 50 Steel end-fittings. 51 Welded trifurcated duct. 52 Steel channel-section blade-root fittings. 53 Machined from solid. 54 Folded angles. 55 Fuel lines. 56 Ignition lines. 57 One-piece wrap-round skin. 58 Fluon rings.
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