From 2017: Thales Gives Civilian Pilots Some Of The Same Capabilities As Military Aviators…
Thales displayed its TopMax lightweight head-worn display at NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas in October. The company says the device completely bridges the technological gap between a military HMSD and a civilian HUD. First demonstrated at the Paris Air Show in 2015, TopMax, provides low visibility take off/landing functions, Enhanced Flight Vision and Synthetic Vision capabilities of a fixed HUD, but like an HMSD, it gives a 360? field of view and total eye-out functionality.
UAVOS Has Taken The Wraps Off Their Sumoair Air Taxi Autonomous Concept For Vertical E-Mobility
The all-electric, tandem rotor helicopter concept consists of a five-seater passenger including the pilot cabin that can be attached to either a car or a flight module. The helicopter will be operated both manually and autonomously. The project is a part of UAVOS’ R&D efforts to explore and understand the fundamental technologies behind electric aircraft and the urban air mobility (UAM) market. The SumoAir unmanned helicopter has a tandem rotor configuration with two large horizontal rotors mounted one in front of the other. The UAV features two redundant high-lift propulsion units. Their three - bladed rotors are driven by two elect
AD 2020-17-11 Requires Replacing Certain Left-Hand (LH) and RH Hydraulic Pumps
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-14-05 for Airbus Helicopters Model SA330J helicopters. AD 2017-14-05 required replacing certain right-hand (RH) hydraulic pumps and was prompted by reports of broken screws that attach the cover of the hydraulic pump. This new AD requires replacing certain left-hand (LH) and RH hydraulic pumps. This AD was prompted by reports of broken bolts that attach the cover of the hydraulic pump. The actions of this AD are intended to address an unsafe condition on these products. This AD is effective September 22, 2020.
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