A Thinner Flight Control Actuator

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Chi, Cheng-Ching, author.

Conference Name:

Aerospace Technology Conference & Exposition (1990-10-01 : Long Beach, California, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1990

Summary:

The characteristics and capabilities of a recently qualified 5.08-cm (2.0-inches) diameter rotary actuator are discussed in this paper. This newly developed actuator has the smallest diameter of any rotary actuator currently used in an aircraft flight control system.This actuator is a part of the leading edge flap actuation system developed for a new thin-wing fighter. The unit has accumulated 17,500 equivalent flight hours in laboratory endurance testing and is currently being flight-tested

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Publisher Number:

902016

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