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1992
1992 - 0202.PDF
INDUSTRY fit "' DAREN HYDB6UTUG 1 400 &tf^ ' i^S&BEm^m- RM AVIATION UNVEILS STRONGER TUG RM Aviation has unveiled a new aircraft tug which the company claims produces around double the power of anything comparable on the market. Called the HydrauTug it uses a Honda engine operating at between 2,000 and 2,500 rpm to pump fluid to a pair of high-torque motors connected to the main wheels. The three basic models in the range, the 200, 400 and 600, can move aircraft weighing up to 5,670fcg, ll,340feg and 45,350fcg respectively. RM Aviation says: "By incorporat ing a hydraufically operated nosewheel lifting bucket and winch, the HydrauTug can move anything from a single nosewheel Cessna 150 to a Gulfstream IV." The 600 series is also available as a sideways ride on model, called the 600RO, which incorporates a heated cab and windshield wipers. The new design also means there are no external moving parts — chains, reduction gears, clutches and axle attachments having been removed. Sextant delivers Tiger navigation systems Sextant Avionique has delivered the first navigation subsystems for the PAH.2 Tiger helicopter to Eurocopter partners Aerospatiale and MBB. The first two navigation sys tems will be used in ground development tests. Tiger will have a completely redundant navigation system based on two hybrid navigation platforms with PIXYZ three-axis laser gyros, two air-data (pressure and tem perature measurement) units, two magnetometers, a Doppler radar and a radio altimeter. Sextant Avionique says: "Thanks to hybrid architecture involving all these sensors, the system provides precise, reliable parameters for flight control, in formation displaying, navigation and guidance." Sentinel 1000 avionics arrive from Ferranti Ferranti International has deliv ered the first set of flight instru mentation and avionics for the Westinghouse Airship Sentinel 1000 programme. The Ferranti systems include a flight-management computer with video display units for flight-control information and a moving map for navigation. Manual flying will be assisted by an integrated flight instrumenta tion system incorporating an air- data sensor and an attitude and heading reference system. The Sentinel 1000 made its maiden flight on 26 June, 1991, and is now undergoing flight trials before final fitting out for operational trials under a US Navy contract. If the trials are successful, there are plans to build a 130m- length second airship with suffi cient lift capacity to carry a radar, command, control and communications equipment, quarters for a crew of ten and enough fuel for a ten-day mis sion, says Ferranti International. Lockheed completes laser radar tests Lockheed's Palo Alto Research Laboratory and Coherent Tech nologies of Boulder, Colorado, have completed field tests at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, evaluating the world's most powerful solid-state coherent laser radar. The system is de signed to detect windshear in the atmosphere above space launch sites. The Coherent Launch-Site At mospheric Wind Sounder (CLAWS) is a light detection and ranging system, the laser counterpart to a radar, capable of measuring wind-speeds to an altitude of 20km. Lockheed says: "The aim of the field-test programme is to appraise the ability of CLAWS to meet NASA goals for increased safety and launch/mission flexi bility at Kennedy Space Center." Windshear measurement in volves the release and tracking of weather balloons before launch, but, Lockheed says: "Be cause there is often an hour's delay between these measure ments and launch, the result is, at best, a crude picture of the dynamics of the atmosphere along the flightpath of the launch vehicle." The CLAWS instrument can be used to support the launch and landing operations of the Space Shuttle, as well as those of expendable vehicles. The pro gramme is managed by NASA Langley Research Center, Hamp ton, Virginia. CLAWS detects windshear Garuda chooses Burtek training simulators Indonesian national carrier Garuda Indonesia has selected Thomson-CSF subsidiary Burtek to provide four aircrew and cabin attendant training simula tors to train personnel for its international fleet. The training simulators in clude a Boeing 737/DC-9 cabin service and evacuation trainer, a 737 cabin service trainer, a stand-alone 747-200 upper deck crew door trainer and a 747-200 cabin service mock-up. The 737/DC-9 trainer will be 11.3m long and mounted on a hydraulic tilt base, while the 737 cabin service trainer will be 10.3m long. Meanwhile, South African Air ways has selected Burtek to pro vide three new aircraft door training devices — these being a Boeing 747 stretched upper deck, an Airbus A320 main entry door, and an A320 over-wing exit. • LASER INSPECTION A special low-cost laser holo graphy inspection system has been developed by Masham, the engine subsidiary of Israel Air craft Industries, to inspect the braze bonding in feltmetal (soft metal) airseals of aircraft en gines. Based on the system's performance, Pratt & Whitney has authorised Masham to re pair feltmetal ducts and airseals of JT9D engines. IPECO DEAL Ipeco Europe, the main subsidi ary of aircraft crew-seat designer and manufacturer NEWS IN BRIEF Ipeco Holdings, has won the contract to supply the pilot seats for the new Boeing 777 twinjet wide-body. The contract is valued at an estimated $14 million. MDX SEAT TESTS Crew and passenger crash at tenuating seats developed by Israel Aircraft Industries for the McDonnell Douglas MDX heli copter have passed US Federal Aviation Administration static and dynamic regulation tests. The Israeli company's MATA and Golan subsidiaries attenua tion seats have been designed for controlled collapse in the event of a crash-landing. The seats have also been selected for installation on the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. MELCO CONTRACT Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) has won a contract to supply General Electric with satellite parts under a contract valued at approximately ¥300 million ($2.4 million). MELCO will supply structure panels for four Inmarsat 3 series satellites. 36 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 29 January - 4 February, 199.
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