- Airframe
for the novel by Michael Crichton Airframe novel Image Merlin Airframe Material.jpg right thumb Airframe diagram for a AgustaWestland AW101 helicopter The airframe of an aircraft is its mechanical structure, which is typically considered to exclude the Air propulsion propulsion system . Reliable system design Airframe design is a field of engineering that combines aerodynamics , Materials science materials technology and manufacturing methods to achieve balances of performance, Reliability engineering reliability and cost. ref Michael C. Y. Niu 1988 . Airframe Structural Design . Conmilit Press LTD. ref History File Vickers Wellington Mark X, HE239 NA Y , of No. 428 Squadron RCAF April 1943 .png thumb Wellington Mark X HE239 of No. 428 Squadron RCAF No.428 Sqn. RCAF, illustrating the geodesic construction and the level of punishment it could absorb while maintaining integrity and airworthiness. Modern airframe history began in the United States when a 1903 wood biplane made by Wright brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright showed the potential of Fixed wing aircraft fixed wing designs . Many early developments were spurred by military needs during World War I . Well known aircraft from that era ... all metal airframes as early as late 1915 with the Junkers J 1 . Commerce Commercial airframe ... airframe designs. Among the best known were the US C 47 Skytrain Douglas C 47 , B 17 Flying Fortress ... with a pressurised fuselage. Postwar commercial airframe design focused on Airliner larger capacities ... for airframes designed to carry 100 or fewer passengers. Many manufacturers produce airframe components ... of a Boeing 747 airframe Image 787fuselage.jpg thumb Disassembled fuselage section of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Four major eras in commercial airframe production stand out all aluminum structures ... is also built with a large proportion of composite material. Airframe production has become an exacting ... Lockheed L 188 Electra Lockheed L 188 crash in showing difficulties that the airframe industry ... more details
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- Airframe (novel)
Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Airframe title orig translator image Image Airframe cover.jpg 200px image caption First edition cover author Michael Crichton illustrator cover artist country United States language English language English series genre Techno thriller , br Science fiction publisher Alfred A. Knopf Knopf release date 1996 media type Print Hardcover pages 393 isbn ISBN 0 679 44648 6 dewey 813 .54 21 congress PS3553.R48 A77 1996 oclc 35723547 preceded by The Lost World Crichton novel The Lost World followed by Timeline novel Timeline Airframe is a novel by American writer Michael Crichton , first published in hardcover in 1996 by Alfred A. Knopf Knopf and as a paperback in 1997 by Ballantine Books . The plot follows Casey Singleton, a quality assurance vice president at the fictional aerospace manufacturer Norton Aircraft, as she investigates an Accidents and incidents in aviation in flight accident aboard a Norton manufactured airliner that leaves three passengers dead and fifty six injured. Plot summary The novel opens aboard Hong Kong based Transpacific Airlines Flight 545, a Norton Aircraft manufactured N 22 , inbound to Denver. An incident occurs about a half hour off the California coastline and the pilot requests an emergency landing at Los Angeles stating that the plane encountered severe turbulence in midflight ... trained pilot. References to reality In Airframe , as in most of his novels, Crichton ... York Times s Christopher Lehmann Haupt said of Airframe, By playing hide and seek with his plot ... time, he has taken on a complex subject in Airframe and made its subtleties dramatically vivid. ref ... Reflist External links http www.michaelcrichton.com books airframe history.html Airframe webpage Michael Crichton DEFAULTSORT Airframe Novel Category 1996 novels Category Novels by Michael Crichton ... de Airframe es Punto cr tico novela fr Turbulences roman hu S rk ny rep l s it Punto critico romanzo ... more details
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- Geodesic airframe
A geodesic airframe alternatively, geodetic is a type of construction for the airframe s of aircraft developed by United Kingdom British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis in the 1930s. It makes use of a space frame formed from a spirally crossing basket weave of load bearing members. ref name Buttler93 Buttler, p.93 ref The principle is that two geodesic dome geodesic arcs can be drawn to intersect on a curving surface the fuselage in a manner that the Torsion mechanics torsional load on each cancels out that on the other. ref name Buttler94 Buttler, p.94 ref Early examples Image Constitutiondiagonalriders.gif thumb right 300px 18th century American warships used geodesic Diagonal rider in their construction. The diagonal rider structural element was used by Joshua Humphreys in the Original six frigates of the United States Navy first US Navy sail frigates in 1794. Citation needed date March 2011 Diagonal riders are viewable in the interior hull structure of the preserved USS Constitution on display in Boston Harbor. Citation needed date March 2011 The structure was a pioneering example of non Orthogonality orthogonal structural components. Citation needed date March 2011 The diagonal riders were included in these naval vessels construction to reduce the problem of hogging and sagging hogging in the ship s hull. A more complex geodesic form can be seen in an aircraft s fuselage . Calling any diagonal wood brace as used on gates, buildings, or other structures with cantilevered or diagonal loads an example of geodesic design is a misnomer. In a geodetic structure, the strength and structural integrity, and indeed the shape, come from the diagonal braces the structure shouldn t include the bits in between for part of its strength as does a conventional wooden structure. Citation ... used the term geodetic to apply to the airframe and distinguish it from geodesic which is the proper ... Geodesic Airframe Category Airship technology Category Structural system Category Aviation ... more details
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- Airframe Reconditioning Squadron RNZAF
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Airframe Reconditioning Squadron, RNZAF , is based at RNZAF Base Woodbourne . As its name implies, this squadron was responsible for reconditioning airframe s of RNZAF aircraft. It was the Air Force s only heavy maintenance facility for the repair of aircraft airframes, engines and avionics systems. ARS was commercialised in 1998, and is now managed by SAFE Air Ltd. DEFAULTSORT Airframe Reconditioning Squadron Rnzaf Category Royal New Zealand Air Force Category Royal New Zealand Air Force squadrons NZ stub Mil unit stub ... more details
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- File:Airframe cover.jpg
Summary book cover fur Article Airframe novel Use Infobox OPTIONAL FIELDS Title Airframe Author Michael Crichton Publisher Century Books & Ballantine Books Cover artist Website http www.crichton official.com Owner Commentary Year 1996 OVERRIDE FIELDS Description Source Portion Low resolution Purpose Replaceability Other information Taken from the Michael Crichton official site http www.crichton official.com Licensing Non free book cover ... more details
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- RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
For the earlier weapon named Ram Ram rocket Infobox Weapon name RIM 116 Rolling Airframe Missile image File RIM 116 Rolling Airframe Missile Launcher 3.jpg 300px caption RAM Launcher on fast attack craft Ozelot of the German Navy origin USA type Close in weapons system Type selection is ranged Yes is bladed is explosive is artillery is vehicle is missile Yes is UK Service history service 1992 present used by See Operators operators wars Production history designer General Dynamics now Raytheon Diehl BGT Defence design date 1976 manufacturer General Dynamics now Raytheon Diehl BGT Defence unit cost 440,000 unit production date 1985 present number variants See Variants variants General specifications spec label weight convert 5777 kg lb abbr on lk on launcher br convert 73.5 kg lboz missile length ... armament 21 Rolling Airframe Missiles secondary armament engine engine power pw ratio transmission ... Launcher GML of the Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching System GMLS transport The RIM 116 Rolling Airframe ... Polmar publisher The Naval Institute date 2005 pages 519 ref The Rolling Airframe Missiles, together ... 2 is an upgraded version of the Rolling Airframe Missile RAM ship self defense missile system. The RAM .... HAS Mode File RIM 116 Loading.jpg thumb Sailors handle the rolling airframe missile system aboard ... links commons RIM 116 Rolling Airframe Missile http www.globalsecurity.org military systems munitions ram.htm RIM 116 RAM Rolling Airframe Missile GlobalSecurity.org http www.waffenhq.de schiffe rim 116ram.htm RIM 116 RAM Rolling Airframe Missile waffenHQ.de http www.designation systems.net dusrm ... States RIM116 cs RIM 116 Rolling Airframe Missile de RIM 116 Rolling Airframe Missile es RIM 116 RAM ko RIM 116 it RIM 116 Rolling Airframe Missile ja RAM no RIM 116 Rolling Airframe Missile pl RIM 116 Rolling Airframe Missile pt RIM 116 Rolling Airframe Missile ru ASMD fi RIM 116 Rolling Airframe Missile sv Rolling airframe missile tr RIM 116 Rolling Airframe ... more details
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- Geodetic
Geodetic can refer to Geodesy , in general Geodetic system s, in particular see also Geodetic airframe disambig ... more details
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- File:Lhxs75.jpg
Summary Sikorsky S 75 Advanced Composite Airframe Program ACAP http tri.army.mil LC CS csa lhxs75.jpg Licensing PD USGov Military Army ... more details
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An aerobatic glider S 1 Swift . Most gliders can perform simple aerobatics such as loops but specially designed gliders are used in aerobatic competitions because of the high stresses on the airframe of more advanced figures Photograph reproduced with the kind permission of http www.whiteplanes.com whiteplanes.com . CopyrightedFreeUseProvidedThat www.whiteplanes.com is credited ... more details
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- File:RAF Seletar ramp 205 Sqn Sunderland.jpg
Summary A No. 205 Squadron RAF 205 Squadron Short Sunderland Mark V ML797 P at the ramp of Seletar Airport RAF Seletar , this particular airframe became the last of it s type to retire from active RAF service on 30 June 1959. Licensing Image downloaded from http www.singas.co.uk PD BritishGov ... more details
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- Boresight
wiktionary Boresight Boresight may refer to NOTOC Antenna boresight , the optical axis of a directional antenna Boresight firearm , adjustments made to an optical sight, to align the barrel of a firearm with the sights A term used to describe the accurate alignment of avionic equipment in an airframe disambig ... more details
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- File:BAC TSR-2 (in museum).jpg
Summary Summary int filedesc Information Description en en TSR 2 TSR 2 airframe at the en RAF Museum RAF Museum , en Duxford Duxford , England. Source http www.flickr.com photos paulsimpson1976 3756118342 sizes o in photostream Source Date November 29, 2010 Author Paul Simpson Licensing self cc by sa 3.0 ... more details
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- Monokote
MonoKote is commercially available light weight plastic shrink wrap film available in various color schemes with an adhesive on one side, used to cover and form the surfaces of a model aircraft . The material is cut to size and applied to the airframe surfaces using a hobby iron or heat gun. The name MonoKote, a registered trademark of golfball manufacturer Top Flite, alludes to monocoque , a type of stressed skin airframe construction. Monokote is also a type of fireproofing material, which is gypsum based and is spray applied. ref cite web url http www.na.graceconstruction.com template.cfm?page fire fire faqs.html&did 3 title Fireproofing FAQs publisher Grace Construction Products accessdate 2007 07 01 ref See also Ultracote References reflist External links http www.monokote.com Top Flite MonoKote Category Radio controlled aircraft product stub ... more details
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- Emergency flotation system
Unreferenced date November 2007 Emergency Flotation Systems EFS are emergency systems installed on larger commercial and military helicopter s in order to prevent the airframe sinking in the event of a crash landing on water. The floats may be packed within spaces inside the airframe or as externally mounted packs on the helicopter skids . The floats are inflated using gas stored in pressurised cylinders carried on board the helicopter. The most rapid inflation is provided by pressurised helium although some float systems use helium blended with other gases such as nitrogen to slow down the inflation rate. Citation needed date November 2007 References reflist Zodiac Group AERAZUR Cognac, France and Air Cruisers Company Wall Township, New Jersey, USA are two major manufacturing sources for emergency flotation systems requirements. rde09jun09. Category Helicopter components Aero stub ... more details
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- Serration
wiktionarypar serration serrate Serration may refer to A notch on a serrated blade Serrate botany , a term used to describe a toothed leaf margin or other plant part Serrate radar detector , used in World War II by the Allies to track German planes equipped with Lichtenstein radar s The shape of certain Leaf Margins edge leaf margins An airframe shape used in stealth aircraft The profile of a screw thread cross section in extrusion The cutting edge on the teeth of some species, usually shark teeth sharks disambig ... more details
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- Kitai
Kitai is a Russian Names of China Cathay name of China , a cognate of the English word Cathay . Kitai is also another name for Qitai , a city in Xinjiang province of China. Kitai is Japanese term for airframe and before 1945 was used by Japanese army to Japanese military aircraft designation systems Short designation Ki number designate their aircraft types . Kitai, Tanzania People Davidi Kitai is the first Belgian poker player to win a World Series of Poker bracelet . disambig ... more details
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- Pierre Mercier (engineer)
Unreferenced date December 2006 Pierre Ernest Mercier died June 11, 1944 was a French aeronautical engineer . A former student of the cole Polytechnique , he invented and patented a type of cowling for radial engine s. He joined aircraft manufacturer Lior et Olivier later SNCASE in the 1930s, where he designed the airframe for the LeO 451 . DEFAULTSORT Mercier, Pierre Category French inventors Category French aerospace engineers Category Year of birth missing Category 1944 deaths France engineer stub ... more details
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- Mount Johansen
Mount Johansen coor dm 70 30 S 67 13 E is a summit rising to 1,555 m in the south central part of White Massif in the Aramis Range , Prince Charles Mountains . First visited by ANARE Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions southern party led by W.G. Bewsher in December 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia ANCA for Sgt. G. Johansen , RAAF, airframe fitter at Mawson Station in 1956. usgs gazetteer Category Mountains of Antarctica Johansen, Mount EAntarctica geo stub ... more details
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- Manning Nunataks
Manning Nunataks coor dm 71 0 S 71 12 E is a group of nunatak s in the eastern side of the southern part of Amery Ice Shelf , about 20 nautical miles 37 km north northeast of Pickering Nunatak . Photographed from the air by ANARE Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1957. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia ANCA for Sgt. A.S. Manning , RAAF, airframe fitter at Mawson Station in 1958. usgs gazetteer antarctica geo stub Category Mountains of Antarctica ... more details
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- File:TSR-2 nose.jpg
Summary Summary int filedesc Information Description en en TSR 2 TSR 2 airframe at the en RAF Museum RAF Museum , en Duxford Duxford , England. Source http www.flickr.com photos paulsimpson1976 3755341735 sizes o in photostream Source Date November 29, 2010 Author Paul Simpson Category BAC TSR 2 Licensing self cc by sa 3.0 ... more details
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- Portland State Aerospace Society
ref NOTOC Rocket generations LV0 The first airframe, LV0 was a proof of concept for some of the radio ... LV1 The second airframe, LV1 was flown to 3.6 km 12,000 feet in April 1999. It added an emergency ... IMU. It was flown to 13.53 km 11,600 feet in October 2000. ref name usenix03 LV2 The third airframe, LV2 was first flown as an airframe only with commercial flight computer in September 2002. It reached ... aluminum airframe measured 11 feet tall, 5.25 inches wide, and weighed 115 pounds. The avionics ... ref LV2.3 The fourth airframe and replacement avionics are currently being designed. The airframe will retain ... nodes connected via USB . A successful launch of the new airframe and recovery hardware was made ... more details
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- Torsion box
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 A torsion box consists of two skins applied to a core material, usually a grid or framework of some kind. The torsion box functions as a Beam structure beam , but is considerably lighter than a solid beam of the same size without losing much strength. Torsion boxes are used in the construction of airframe s, especially wing s and vertical stabilizer s, in making wooden table furniture table s and door s, and for ski s and snowboard s. DEFAULTSORT Torsion Box Category Structural engineering Tech stub pl Keson lotnictwo ... more details
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- Aerostructure
An aerostructure is a component of an aircraft s airframe. This may include all or part of the fuselage , wing s, or flight control surfaces. Companies that specialize in constructing these components are referred to as aerostructures manufacturers, though many larger aerospace firms with a more diversified product portfolio also build aerostructures. Mechanical testing of the individual components or complete structure is carried out on a Universal Testing Machine . Test carried out include tensile, compression, flexure, fatigue, impact, compression after impact. Examples Alcoa s Howmet division Rohr, Inc. Goodrich Aerostructures Group Spirit AeroSystems Vought Category Aviation terminology Aviation term stub ... more details
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- S32
S32 may refer to S postcode area S32 postcode for Hope Valley County Route S32 California County Route S32 Bergen County, New Jersey County Route S32 New Jersey , a List of county routes in Bergen County, New Jersey county route in Bergen County Short S.32 , a Template Short Brothers aircraft Short Brothers aircraft USS S 32 SS 137 , a 1918 S class submarine of the United States Navy an early stage non built airframe of the Sukhoi Su 47 , an 1997 experimental supersonic jet fighter Cooperstown Municipal Airport FAA LID a Stadtbahn Karlsruhe line disambiguation ... more details
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- Eurocopter Ecureuil
Eurocopter Ecureuil may refer to one of three related helicopter designs, each of which was originally manufactured by A rospatiale now part of Eurocopter Group . The Eurocopter AS350 Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil Squirrel was the first in the group, a single engined intermediate helicopter marketed in North America as the AStar . The Eurocopter AS355 Eurocopter AS355 Ecureuil 2 Twin Squirrel is a twin engined variant marketed in North America as the TwinStar , while the Eurocopter EC130 Eurocopter EC130 Ecureuil is a single engine derivative of the AS350 airframe. Eurocopter have called the EC130 the Alouette III successor . ref http www.eurocopter.com site en ref Missions EC130 B4 77.html The Alouette III successor ref . References reflist SIA ... more details
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