The aircraft is like a Faraday cage, it builds up static electricity that needs discharging to avoid noise & ensure a good quality of radio transmission, without interference. Did you know : #A320 has 33 static dischargers of which at least 80% are required for correct operations. Not all static dischargers are the same. Depending […]

Today, modern airplanes use 90%+ fuel as thrust to actually move the airplane. But around 6% of fuel is used to provide secondary services like compressed air, which is the single largest secondary load on an aircraft. More Electric Aircraft The A380 has four variable-frequency electrical generators each delivering 150 kVA from each of its […]

The leading edge slat tracks go through holes in the front spar. Track cans are attached to the front spar and isolate the tracks from the wing fuel tanks. Liquid from the slat tracks collects in the cans and then flows down drain-pipes to drain holes in the bottom skin.A320Ceo At track 4 in both […]

Turbulence can put stress on passengers, crew and aircraft. In worst cases, it can also lead to injuries as well as aircraft damage. What if pilots had more advance warning and more precise data about upcoming turbulence thanks to a collaborative digital solution? What if they could prepare themselves and their passengers and even avoid […]

The fixed oxygen system in the cabin supplies oxygen to passengers and cabin crew in case of cabin depressurization (Cabin Altitude > 14000 ft) It has containers with two to four masks and a chemical oxygen generator. In case of cabin depressurization the container doors open automatically and the oxygen masks drop out. The container […]

Pratt & Whitney designed the geared turbofan to run the fan and the low-pressure turbine each at its aerodynamically optimal speed. The fan turns more slowly than the LP turbine, at about one third of the rotation speed of a conventional fan. In turn, the tensile strength requirement decreases sharply, from 200,000- to 400,000 psi […]

When the hangar isn’t quite high enough to accommodate the aircraft taila specially designed hydraulic tow bar is used to lift the nose of the aircraft and therefore lower the tail enough to be able to get it through the hangar doorsIt required a delicate balancing act to ensure that the tail didn’t hit the […]

Clogging of Aircraft Fuel Filters by microbial contaminants in jet fuel can pose a serious threat to safe operations. If conditions are favourable, microbes can reproduce and grow resulting in the formation of visible slimy growth known as biomass. When this occurs in fuel tanks the biomass is most commonly observed at the interface between […]

The tail strike protection on the B777 consists of a tail strike assembly (TSA) and tail skid assembly. The TSA is an antenna with a two wires inside. So as when there is tail strike occurs, the antenna breaks causes the wires into open circuit which would trigger Tail Strike message. The tail skid is […]

The Breguet Br.1150 Atlantic is a twin-engined, mid-winged monoplane with a “double-bubble” fuselage; the upper lobe comprising a pressurised crew compartment, and the lower lobe housing a 9 m (27 ft 6 in) long weapons bay, with sonobuoy tubes aft of the weapons bay. A radar scanner is housed in a retractable underfuselage radome, while […]

Airbus has this week released an exclusive upgrade for existing A380 operators with the installation of an additional engine and eco cell tanks to reduce fuel consumption by 65% The modification which will be a 4-month engineering procedure will cost approximately US$74 million but return a $295million saving in fuel costs. Alternatively, the additional fuel […]