Lucas Aerospace Shows Off New
Products
TRW Aeronautical Systems' Lucas Aerospace
unit is showing off a number of new electrical power products
at NBAA, including advanced components that can potentially save
power and weight on a corporate aircraft.
One new item here is the company's solid state power controller
(SSPC) demonstrator, which controls power distribution within
an electrical system. Compared with a conventional power distribution
system, the SSPC offers a number of benefits, including remote
trip and reset functions (because solid-state devices replace
circuit breakers), reduced weight, and minimized wiring.
TRW has tested a complete unit incorporating 80 SSPC modules,
creating a reliable and fault-tolerant power distribution system.
TRW is also presenting its new FADEC 2001 which is designed as
a low-cost full authority digital engine control for business
and regional aircraft engines, and the variable-frequency main
generator for the Bombardier Global Express, which is claimed
to be the first of its type to be certificated on a turbofan engine.
By Bill Sweetman
NBAA 1999, Atlanta, Ga.
