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Instrument Aids for Take-off

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

K. Fearnside
K. Fearnside*
Affiliation:
Smiths Aviation Division
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Summary

The take-off manoeuvre is described in outline and the safety requirements applicable to this phase of flight are briefly reviewed.

A more detailed inspection of the take-off manoeuvre reveals some of the difficulties which confront the pilot and indicates the type of additional information with which he should be provided.

Means of providing such information and the problem of measuring the necessary quantities are discussed and this leads to a description of the range of equipment currently being developed and under consideration by Smiths Aviation Division.

This includes: —

  • (i) A ground run indicator

  • (ii) A ground run predictor

  • (iii) A pitch rate indicator

  • (iv) A take-off director.

Finally, some thoughts are presented on the subject of instrument displays and the problem of incorporating the required additional information into existing flight systems.

Type
Take-Off and Landing Problems
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 67 , Issue 633 , September 1963 , pp. 544 - 551
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1963

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