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Aviation History
1964
1964 - 0054.PDF
FlIGHT International, January 9 1964 ... fitted with a HOBSON FLAP CONTROL SYSTEM of proven reliability and short haul capability Operation of the 3-piece Fowler type flaps fitted to each wing of this aircraft is effected by a HOBSON Control Unit supplying the necessary power to drive eight HOBSON Ball Screw Jacks through either primary or secondary shafting. Various protective features are included and a fail- safe philosophy has been applied in the design of the system either by duplicating the most essential features or by providing secondary elements which back up the primary load carrying members. The ingenuity and reliability inherent in the design of this system also characterise the following additional HOBSON equipment used in the same aircraft:— TAILPLANE TRIM ACTUATOR • RUDDER FEEL SIMULATOR CONTROL UNITS ELEVATOR FEEL SIMULATOR CONTROL UNITS • FUEL BOOSTER PUMPS FLAP CONTROL UNIT TYPE 493 It is significant that over 20 distinctive types of aircraft operate with HOB$ON hydraulic equipment and a wide range of other HOBSON products. obso ESTABLISHED 1903 PARTNERS IN LEADERSHIP H. M. HOBSON LIMITED • FORDHOUSES • WOLVERHAMPTON
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