Business Aircraft APU's

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Owen, W. M., author.

Conference Name:

Turbine Powered Executive Aircraft Meeting (1980-04-09 : Scottsdale, Arizona, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1980

Summary:

This paper discusses the reasons for using aircraft APU's and why a gas turbine power unit best meets the requirements for aircraft APU's. This paper also reviews the history of APU's in the military, commercial and business aircraft markets. A discussion of the various types of gas turbine APU's is presented and a typical executive APU and secondary power system is described in some detail. Finally, a description of a new small APU, which is currently being certified for small turboprop and jet executive aircraft, is presented,

Notes:

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Publisher Number:

800608

Access Restriction:

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