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The autokinetic illusion occurs at night or in conditions with poor visual cues and gives the pilot the impression that a stationary light source is on a collision course with the aircraft. This illusion is caused by very small movements of the eyes in conjunction with staring at a fixed single point of light (ground light or a star) in a ...
A major part of the study was to develop jetliner and engine designs that could meet the SAI objectives. The favoured hull configuration was a blended wing design, with the engines located on the upper surface of the wing, to shield ground observers from the engine noise. Because the blended wing is too shallow to accommodate twin engines, a ...
Aircraft engine performance refers to factors including thrust or shaft power for fuel consumed, weight, cost, outside dimensions and life. It includes meeting regulated environmental limits which apply to emissions of noise and chemical pollutants, and regulated safety aspects which require a design that can safely tolerate environmental hazards such as birds, rain, hail and icing conditions.
Dihedral effect [1] of an aircraft is a rolling moment resulting from the vehicle having a non-zero angle of sideslip. Increasing the dihedral angle of an aircraft increases the dihedral effect on it. However, many other aircraft parameters also have a strong influence on dihedral effect.
Achievements come in all shapes and sizes, mini to massive.When the Wright brothers took flight in 1903, it was a massive achievement. Would you know, their flying machine cruised at an altitude ...
Another component of an "intelligent" aircraft structure is the ability to sense and diagnose potential threats to its structural integrity. This differs from conventional non-destructive testing (NDT) by the fact that Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) [7] uses sensors that are permanently bonded or embedded in the structure.
A claim by Yemen's Houthi group on Saturday that its forces had attacked the U.S. aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea is false, two U.S. officials told Reuters. "That is incorrect ...
An engine-indicating and crew-alerting system (EICAS) [1] is an integrated system used in modern aircraft to provide aircraft flight crew with instrumentation and crew annunciations for aircraft engines and other systems. On EICAS equipped aircraft the "recommended remedial action" is called a checklist.