Any plane at a passenger or freight terminal has delicate sensors and aerodynamic structures around which ground personnel must take care when operating equipment such as loaders. These areas include wings, flap track fairings, landing gear, engine cowlings, antennas and sensors. Among the most important features are the aircrafts angle of attack sensors, also called alpha probes. They calculate the angle between the direction in which a wing is pointed and the direction of the air flowing over it. If damage to an AOA sensor were to go undetected, the consequences could be fatal. Here, Norouzalibeik examines the problem of Airbus A320 and suggests specific solutions.
Doing no harm
Aerospace America ; 54 , 9 ; 34
2016
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
TestabilityDesign Prevents Harm
Online Contents | 2010
|TestabilityDesign Prevents Harm
Online Contents | 2010
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