This tenth and final flight service report covers the flight service experience of 111 graphite-epoxy spoilers on 737 transport aircraft after 15 years of worldwide service. As of June 30, 1989, a total of 2,593,741 spoiler flight hours and 3,499,941 spoiler landings have been accumulated by the fleet. The high time spoiler had 42,007 flight hours. Results of 15 years of residual strength tests conducted on selected spoilers are reported. In addition, the flight service histories of composite elevators and stabilizers developed under NASA contracts NAS1-14952 and NAS1-15025, respectively, are reported.
Boeing/NASA Composite Components Flight Service Evaluation
1989
46 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aircraft , Composite Materials , Plastics , Engineering Materials , Aircraft construction materials , Composite structures , Elevators (Control surfaces) , Flight tests , Graphite-epoxy composites , Residual strength , Service life , Spoilers , Structural reliability , Compressive strength , Environmental tests , Shear strength , Stiffness , Transport aircraft , Polymer matrix composites