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Traditional aircraft instruments include pitot instruments and gyroscopic instruments. These two designations simply categorize the instruments based on the system in which they receive the information. Gyroscopic instruments include the attitude indicator (AI), heading indicator (HI), and the turn coordinator (TC)— also known as the turn and bank (TB) indicator. Having knowledge of the instrument power system, gyroscopic principles, and individual operating principles of each instrument will help you understand how gyroscopic instruments operate.
Learn MoreIt’s pretty easy to understand speed in a ground vehicle: it’s read right off of the speedometer and all the driver is required to do is follow the speed limit. However, this isn’t the case with aircraft— aerodynamics makes it a little more complicated. There are different types of airspeed and they are indicated airspeed (IAS), true airspeed (TAS), groundspeed (GS), calibrated airspeed (CAS), and equivalent airspeed (EAS).
Learn MoreWe often take it for granted, but airplanes are truly one of the most impressive advancements in engineering history. From the Wright Brothers’ first plane made primarily of spruce wood to Airbus’s massive double-deck A380, airplanes have changed quite a bit — especially when you compare the simple design of the Wright Flyer to the double-deck, wide-body, four-engine design of the A380, a plane so massive that it took 1,500 companies from 30 countries to manufacture it’s 4 million individual parts. And yet, despite the obvious difference between the Wright Flyer and the A380, some things haven’t really changed: the basic shape of an airplane. Whether you’re flying in a massive Airbus A380, a regular Boeing 737, or an antique WWII fighter plane, there’s the same basic five sections: the fuselage, wings, aircraft engines, cockpit, and landing gear.
Learn MoreFlying and being thousands of feet in the air can be a thrilling experience. Well, maybe. For a lot of people, the excitement wears out really quick. Especially if you’re on an airplane with no broadband service. At that point, what do you do? Generally, you either sleep or try to look out the window. But, usually, the view isn’t great, and it’s obstructed because instead of square like your car, it’s round. Have you ever wondered why?
Learn MoreIf anyone has ever seen the inside a cockpit of an aircraft, it may seem overwhelming to most. Some may even see it as complicated and even hard to use. Just like a car, an aircraft has instruments, but just different types to help guide the plane. In a car, one might see the speedometer, to see how fast the vehicle is traveling. In addition, there is the fuel indicator, to see how much gas the car has left before stopping at a gas station. Also, there is the odometer, to see how far the car has driven-the odometer also helps with scheduling routine maintenance services.
Learn MoreGulfstream’s G500 and G600 business jets set groundbreaking worldwide records when they flew from Shanghai to Honolulu, and then once more from Honolulu to Savannah, Georgia, where Gulfstream is headquartered. The G500 set eight city-pair records in its class on its own, earlier this year; although the records have already been set, they have yet to be verified by the National Aeronautic Association.
Learn MoreHoneywell’s 20th annual Turbine powered, Civilian helicopter purchase outlook at this year’s ABACE convention brought positive numbers to the Honeywell team. During this year’s convention Honeywell held booth number (H1115) and produced significant number of surveys that benefited their company greatly. The surveys displayed the increase of an order demands for customers of the Asian- Pacific as whole by an incredible 18% within the next 5 years. Honeywell experienced an increase a whole 1% from the received numbers from 2017s Outlook simulation.
Learn MoreAirbus Helicopters and Schiebel Camcopter have teamed up to create a newer way of connecting both unmanned and manned networks to work alongside one another. According to both companies they are the first to develop what is known as the Manned Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) that enables its versatility to be at a “Level Five.” The project was sponsored by innovative companies such as Austrian Armaments and Defense Technology Agency.
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