When the passengers are informed that an aircraft cannot take off due to technical reasons, it usually means that the airline not only has to have the aircraft towed away for expensive emergency repairs, it has to make alternate arrangements to fly the passengers maybe even provide accommodation and food while the passengers are waiting.…
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Electronic Data Management Systems: How It Works
The basics of electronic data management systems (EDMS) in aircraft are pretty simple. The EDMS essentially consists of two parts – probes & sensors and the display unit(s). The probes and sensors are located at various critical parts of the aircraft and convert heat, pressure or whatever it is supposed to sense, into electrical signals…
Value Of Digital EGT Gauge For Precision Engine Monitoring
During World War II and in response to the war ministry’s directives, aircraft manufacturers had to constantly try and improve the engine power as well as the range of their aircraft – especially the bombers. The pressure to increase power and range happened with both – the allied forces and Nazi Germany. So how does…
Aircraft Digital Instrument and Monitoring System
An aircraft digital instrument and monitoring system is not something you find in a aircraft maintenance garage; it is something you find inside the cockpit of a modern or an upgraded aircraft. Aircraft Digital Instrument and Monitoring System basically replaced the OEM vintage dials and gauges that aircraft until a decade or so ago, came…
Gauges for Single and Twin Engine Aircraft
Imagine if for every app in your computer you needed a separate display screen – boggles the mind don’t it? And yet, there are a large number of single and twin engine aircraft still flying that have one display gauge per sensor type. When these planes were manufactured, digital technology either did not exist or…
Multi-Engine Aircraft Fuel Management Systems
If you are still calculating fuel status manually then isn’t it high time you switched over to an automatic single or multi-engine aircraft fuel management system – if not for your own safety, at least for the safety of your passengers? A modern single or multi-engine aircraft fuel management system especially like the ones manufactured…
Most Accurate And Advanced Engine Monitoring Systems
Time to upgrade your cockpit and puzzled about which is the best and most advanced and accurate engine monitoring system? We’ll break this down for you and help you decide quickly. There are dozens of avionics manufacturers that offer aircraft engine monitor equipment. They all tend to offer a mix of stand-alone monitors as well…
Flexible And Powerful Aircraft Fuel Flow Instruments
A flexible aircraft fuel gauge is one that can be programmed by the pilot. By powerful we mean it can automatically provide data to your GPS or on-board integrated electronic flight instrument system which in turn can calculate fuel status for a particular flight path or destination. Difficult to believe but there are many pilots…
Sensing and the Display Mechanism of Aircraft Sensor Systems
Ever since humans have learnt to fly, aircraft technology has taken giant leaps and continues to advance even further. Today, the pilot knows just about everything that is happening in the plane – from the cockpit to the aircraft tail and everything in between and have that information thanks to sensing systems installed in the…
How Slimline Gauge Helped Avert an Accident
Everyone agrees that flying is quite safe and that the statistical chances of a crash are infinitesimally small and yet, crashes do occur as my single engine Beechcraft Bonanza almost did early this year. After retiring as an auto engineer in 2010, I had decided to invest some of my savings towards buying a small…