Features and tests of simple position indicator for crashed aircraft; special pulsed transmitter with trickle charged batteries and internal antenna is potted in shock absorbing foam transparent to radio waves and placed inside special aerofoil; held on tail of aircraft, device is released automatically upon detection of abnormal structural disturbance and transmits distress signal from any position.


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    Title :

    "C.P.I." -- Crash position indicator for aircraft


    Additional title:

    IRE -- Trans Aeronautical Navigational Electronics


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1959


    Size :

    12 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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