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1961
1961 - 0182.PDF
182 FLIGHT, 10 February 1961 AW.660 . . . 11 iff e Transport Publications Ltd 1961 As we go to press the first flight of the first of 56 Argosy C.I aircraft for RAF Transport Command is imminent. Our artist has shown the aircraft from a viewpoint that brings out well the completely new clamshell rear loading doors, which, together with rear-fuselage sup- ports and a folding ramp, are shown admitting a Saladin armoured car. It is instructive to compare this drawing with that of the AW.650 published in "Flight" for October 17, 7958 General 1, modified non-hinging nose; 2, structural section at nose joint; 3, pressure bulkheads; 4, pressure-bearing deck beneath wing; 5, stringer- continuity straps on all frames; 6, unpressurized box for nose undercarriage; 7, vortex generators around upper deck; 8, extruded floor rc.ils; 9, Redux-bonded floor panels; 10, underfloor frames with plate webs; 11, aerodynamic blister; 12, wing lifting points; 13, spar-web joint plate; 14, access doors to C14; 15, hinged leading edges; 16, ribs shaped to support tank-bay liners; 17, upper and lower parts of each frame riveted below deck level; 18, wing/fuselage attachments at extended double frames; 19, swinging-link attachments; 20, barrel-nut wing drag- link to 21; 21, external light-alloy longeron; 22, internal pressure-bearing skin in freight door; 23, door fairing; 24, sealing strips; lower door metal, upper door inflatable rubber; 25, support strut for loading items weighing over 10,0001b; 26, intermediate wing joint; 27, oucer wing joint; 28, wing-tip joint; 29, upper boom attachment fittings; 30, lower boom support structure (tubular); 31, four longerons fade out aft of wheel well; 32, detachable diaphragm behind the wheel well; 33, cat-walk along booms; 34, fin attachment; 35, glass-fibre mouldings. 36, lox converter; 37, boom service door; 38, strengthened wing structure Cabin-Air System A1, primary heat-exchanger; A2, secondary heat- exchanger; A3, ram airflow through A1 and A2; A4, hot-air delivery from three cabin blowers; A5, cold-air unit; A6, linked butterfly valves; A7, primary silencers; A8, secondary silencers; A9, recirculation fan; A10, conditioned-air delivery duct. A11, recirculating-air duct from lower deck; A12, water-separator; A13, warm air to pilots; A14, cold air to crew stations; A15, cabin-blower intakes Controls C1, control columns pass through bottom of panel; C2, pedat um« with central foot-adjustment; C3, central console; C4, all control-runs grouped under flight deck; C5. aileron push/pull tube; C6, aileron spring-tab torsion-bar assembly; C7, spring tabs; C8, trim/geared tab; C9, mass balance; C10, pressure- balance panels; C11, aileron hinges; C12, tail controls, stranded cables in 'air'
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