Material Memory and NASA High Tech Plastics for Rotor Blades
Some new materials, types of plastics seem to be stronger than steel by quite a bit. These materials are said to be ten times the strength of steel and three times lighter than aluminum. Such performance in materials has significant uses in aerospace. This would allow the rotor blades made out of this new plastic material to change shape. By using this technique we could increase the take off weight and allow the UAV VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) Helicopter to move quickly into position and then hover for much longer periods of time without using up all its fuel in route, thus allowing it an increased range for use in Natural Disasters, wartime, search and rescue, surveillance or commercial applications.
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Inflatable Aircraft Wing Camber Modification
As we learn more about our options of materials in aerospace we learn of was to incorporate multiple uses and still maintain safety at low airspeeds and efficiency at high speeds. It costs a lot with high tech materials or it is simplistic and has less performance. The performance changes would also vastly assist in close air support or carrier landing handling. For UAVs the performance would allow additional time loitering in the battlespace with increased range and slow flight speeds would allow for better imagery to identify targets before eliminating them from this time period. Consider the ware and tear and maintenance costs, which would be saved? Consider the slow speed changes in flight characteristic and decreased safety risks in shorter take off and landing rolls.
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Travel Tips:Tips for Safer flying
Common sense should tell you that you shouldn't bring hazardous materials on the aircraft unless they were allowed by the airline and shipped in a proper container. Unauthorized materials that are not allowed are a list that seems to grow daily. The atmosphere in the cabin is pressurized to about the same as Denver altitude. Other items such as sharp objects like knives and other seemingly benign objects have been targeted. If an attendant ask you to do something don't argue just comply.
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Inflatable Slots for STOL
I propose using some of the high tech materials being used today in military and industrial venues. Cartridges only used for extreme take off performance safety factors or emergency landings. For standard landings if desired the system would be filled with ram air rather than a cartridge. Each system would contain ten rechargeable cartridges. Additionally a secondary cartridge could be deployed on touch down, which would act as an airbrake causing the aircraft to come to an almost immediate stop.
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Point to Point VS Spoke and Hub? Air Taxi
It seems now this newest theory is being used everywhere again. The trend is continuing and we are seeing a whole new wave and revival in commercial aviation. Now Air Taxi business is coming into play as an extension of the fractional jet market. There has been much talk about this and those airlines with smaller hubs or multi-hubs and most like point to point did best in the recession and during the 9-11 downturn. After 9-11 we saw a big boost in chartered aircraft for top executives as the lines and hassles created by the TSA were unnerving to say the least.
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Entering Business Aviation, Part III: Training Options
Matt runs the widely popular Corporate Flight Attendant Community website at http. Alteon Training, LLC is a Boeing training company that started cabin attendant training in 2003 while Beyond and Above Corporate Flight Attendant Training got started in 2002. When talking with training operators, be prepared to ask a lot of questions, read their website, obtain their literature, and shop wisely. As mentioned previously, training is not a legal requirement therefore program curriculum can vary widely. Who do I recommend? Well, that is a touchy subject.
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17 Ways to Keep Safe and Secure When Flying
Violations of hazardous materials regulations can have harsh civil penalties, as well as possible national legal action taken against you. Don't pack or carry firearms, fireworks, flammable materials, household cleaners, or pressurized containers. Leave Your Seat Belt Fastened While in Flight. If you are exposed to a potential risk in the airport, move away from the situation before contacting someone in authority. If necessary, inform others in the vicinity.
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Increasing TAS in Modern Day Fighters with Expandable Wing Tips
So we either need some new radical designs, change the air itself or further modify the aircraft in flight to better maintain efficiencies at each airspeed, altitude and stage of flight. Lighter and stronger materials are now coming online, how we choose to use them will be crucial in maintaining air superiority. As the aircraft approached the speed of sound it would be completely retracted. As the webbing retracts it would run thru a roller system allowing it to take up very little space, as the area it retracts into will also hold fuel tanks and space would be limited. As the folding spar comes back it would provide an end-cap covering the system as well as a small gate or strake on the protruding fuselage/wing tip.
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General Aviation Manufacturing is in the Tank; Hang On It is Going to Get Worse
In America we no longer mine our own raw materials, Iron Ore mines cannot stay in business due to regulations and restrictions, same goes for Gold Mines, Copper, etc. Long Term will be good because these are considered starter jets attracting new buyers to the market, however short term they will pull buyers away from the higher priced turbo cabin class singles of 4-8 seats. This means if we have to import raw materials to compete, we pay those shipping costs too and as the price is passed on for the over regulation in every industry we are finding we are our own worst enemy. As the price increased new aircraft sales could not keep up and the used aircraft prices also skyrocketed. The new age of innovation will not belong to the US, they have forgotten from where they came, forgotten what it takes to build, forgotten why we fought so hard to do it and forgotten why we came in the first place.
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American Airlines; Crash: Nov. 12, 2001
We need better standards on new airliners, which are made of composites because we now know more than we did previously about these new modern materials. Some industry analysts say that Airbus builders are working for the laziest Union in the World selling to mostly government subsidized airlines. The aircraft involved in that crash was an old Eastern Airlines plane, which was probably not too sturdy anyway for lack of maintenance back when that airline was falling apart. They should not have been that close to the KLM, as the pilot in command should have moved away from the problem and when problems did occur should have flown the plane first. Three pilots sitting in a cockpit who make way over the average standard of living and negated the reason they are so highly paid.
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