jueves, 6 de mayo de 2010
Certification Testing Continues on GE Honda's HF120 Engine
eneva, Switzerland -- GE Honda Aero Engines continues to make steady progress toward certification of the HF120 engine.
"The HF120 engine has demonstrated that it is meeting design objectives for thrust, fuel burn and operability," said Bill Dwyer, president of GE Honda Aero Engines.
The HF120 engine has undergone a comprehensive test program in an altitude chamber at GE Aviation's Evendale, Ohio, facility. Testing has included operation to 46,000 feet altitude and high mach, as well as testing for performance, transients, air starts, and extreme hot and cold conditions. Other component tests and full engine tests to verify design robustness have been completed, including tests such as operation in crosswind and hail ingestion at GE Aviation's Peebles, Ohio, facility.
Thirteen HF120 engines and two core builds will take part in the certification testing at six test site locations. Currently five HF120 certification engines are on test simultaneously with one engine completing 500 durability cycles. GE Honda Aero Engines also plans to test the engine on a flying testbed before flying on a customer certification aircraft. With FAA certification planned in 2011, the HF120 engine will complete more than 15,000 cycles of ground and flight-testing prior to entry into service.
The HF120 engine has undergone an extensive design verification program prior to the official start of FAA certification, including eight core engine builds and eleven turbofan builds. Design optimization and verification was also conducted via compressor, combustor, fan and mixer rig tests.
HF120 engine production will initially begin at GE's site in Lynn, Mass. and will later transition to Honda Aero Inc.'s engine production and overhaul facility in Burlington, N.C.
The GE Honda HF120 engine was launched in 2006 and selected to power Honda Aircraft Company's advanced light jet, the HondaJet, and the Spectrum Aeronautical "Freedom" business jet.
Rated at 2,095 pounds of thrust, the HF120 engine succeeds Honda's original HF118 prototype engine, which has accumulated more than 4,000 hours of testing on the ground and in-flight. GE and Honda redesigned the engine for higher thrust and new standards of performance in fuel efficiency, durability, and low noise and emissions.
HF120 technologies include:
In 2004, GE and Honda formed a 50/50 joint venture, called GE Honda Aero Engines, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The joint company integrates the resources of GE and Honda Aero, Inc., a Honda subsidiary established to manage its aviation engine business.
Honda (NYSE: HMC) is the world's largest engine manufacturer, annually producing more than 20 million engines for a wide range of products, including motorcycles, ATVs, generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and Honda and Acura automobiles.
GE Aviation, an operating unit of GE (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, components and integrated systems for commercial, military, business and general aviation aircraft. GE Aviation has a global service network to support these offerings.
"The HF120 engine has demonstrated that it is meeting design objectives for thrust, fuel burn and operability," said Bill Dwyer, president of GE Honda Aero Engines.
The HF120 engine has undergone a comprehensive test program in an altitude chamber at GE Aviation's Evendale, Ohio, facility. Testing has included operation to 46,000 feet altitude and high mach, as well as testing for performance, transients, air starts, and extreme hot and cold conditions. Other component tests and full engine tests to verify design robustness have been completed, including tests such as operation in crosswind and hail ingestion at GE Aviation's Peebles, Ohio, facility.
Thirteen HF120 engines and two core builds will take part in the certification testing at six test site locations. Currently five HF120 certification engines are on test simultaneously with one engine completing 500 durability cycles. GE Honda Aero Engines also plans to test the engine on a flying testbed before flying on a customer certification aircraft. With FAA certification planned in 2011, the HF120 engine will complete more than 15,000 cycles of ground and flight-testing prior to entry into service.
The HF120 engine has undergone an extensive design verification program prior to the official start of FAA certification, including eight core engine builds and eleven turbofan builds. Design optimization and verification was also conducted via compressor, combustor, fan and mixer rig tests.
HF120 engine production will initially begin at GE's site in Lynn, Mass. and will later transition to Honda Aero Inc.'s engine production and overhaul facility in Burlington, N.C.
The GE Honda HF120 engine was launched in 2006 and selected to power Honda Aircraft Company's advanced light jet, the HondaJet, and the Spectrum Aeronautical "Freedom" business jet.
Rated at 2,095 pounds of thrust, the HF120 engine succeeds Honda's original HF118 prototype engine, which has accumulated more than 4,000 hours of testing on the ground and in-flight. GE and Honda redesigned the engine for higher thrust and new standards of performance in fuel efficiency, durability, and low noise and emissions.
HF120 technologies include:
- A wide chord, compound-swept front fan and two-stage booster along with composite outlet guide vanes.
- A high-temperature, titanium impellor in the compressor for maximum engine pressure ratio and stall-free performance.
- A compact reverse-flow configuration combustor and single-stage air-blast fuel nozzles.
- Advanced materials in the turbine as well as a two-stage low-pressure (LP) turbine and a counter-rotating high-pressure and LP spool shaft system.
- A key cost-of-ownership advantage of the HF120 will be the ability to operate at a best-in-class 5,000 hours between major overhauls. The advanced airfoil materials and coatings that GE and Honda are maturing for the engine's high-pressure turbine section enable this capability.
In 2004, GE and Honda formed a 50/50 joint venture, called GE Honda Aero Engines, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The joint company integrates the resources of GE and Honda Aero, Inc., a Honda subsidiary established to manage its aviation engine business.
Honda (NYSE: HMC) is the world's largest engine manufacturer, annually producing more than 20 million engines for a wide range of products, including motorcycles, ATVs, generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and Honda and Acura automobiles.
GE Aviation, an operating unit of GE (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, components and integrated systems for commercial, military, business and general aviation aircraft. GE Aviation has a global service network to support these offerings.
Cessna Announces Dates for New European Service Center
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 3, 2010 - Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, said today at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition it will begin construction of its new Citation Service Center in Valencia, Spain, in January 2011.
Cessna executives also announced Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC), a global company based in California, will design and build the new center, scheduled to begin operations in 2012. Jacobs is managing the project through its office in Madrid.
"There are some 400 Citations within a 90-minute radius of the Valencia airport, making it a prime location that will greatly enhance service options for our European operators," said Jack Pelton, Cessna chairman, president and CEO. "The cooperation from Spanish authorities at all levels has been outstanding."
The new facility in Valencia will augment the Cessna Citation Service Center in Paris. It will include 6,000 square meters (64,000 square feet) of hangar space and about 8,200 square meters (88,264 square feet) of office, storage and shop space.
Cessna plans to begin hiring employees next year and will work with FlightSafety International to fulfill maintenance training requirements.
Cessna also announced at EBACE it will activate its first European Mobile Service Unit later this year. The MSU will provide local customer service for southern Europe as part of ServiceDirect, which brings Citation service to the customer's hangar. Additionally, Cessna opened its European Citation parts distribution center in 2009 to offer faster delivery throughout the region.
Sporavia & Aviastec construirá un centro de mantenimiento integral de Aviación Ejecutiva en el Aeropuerto de Ciudad Real
http://www.castillalamancha.es/portal/Contenidos/Actualidad/default.asp?REG=84421&opactualidad=detalle
La compañía Sporavia & Aviastec, actualmente con sede en Cuatro Vientos (Madrid), construirá en el Aeropuerto Central Ciudad Real un centro de mantenimiento integral de Aviación Ejecutiva de España
Según informó hoy el Aeropuerto Central Ciudad Real en un comunicado, esta empresa, distribuidora de Honda Jet para el sur de Europa, ha firmado con esta entidad la concesión por 30 años de una parcela de 20.000 metros para abrir a finales de 2011 lo que será el primer centro integral de aviación ejecutiva de España (FBO).
Según informó hoy el Aeropuerto Central Ciudad Real en un comunicado, esta empresa, distribuidora de Honda Jet para el sur de Europa, ha firmado con esta entidad la concesión por 30 años de una parcela de 20.000 metros para abrir a finales de 2011 lo que será el primer centro integral de aviación ejecutiva de España (FBO).
Ingenieros y arquitectos salen a la calle en defensa del visado
http://www.actualidadaeroespacial.com/index.php?view=noticias&id=4be2de2fca15f&viewTemplate=1
Ingenieros y arquitectos han sido convocados por sus respectivos colegios profesionales, consejos y organizaciones supracolegiales a una manifestación esta mañana por las calles de Madrid en defensa del visado cuya subsistencia peligra en virtud del Proyecto de Real Decreto elaborado por el Gobierno en desarrollo de la Ley Ómnibus.
La manifestación partirá a las 12 del mediodía de la madrileña calle de Alcalá, esquina con la de Marqués de Cubas hasta la sede del Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda. La concentración está prevista que concluya hacia las 14 horas.
Coincidiendo con esta manifestación pública, las instituciones colegiales han publicado hoy en diversos medios informativos de ámbito nacional el "Manifiesto de la Ingeniería y Arquitectura españolas, Decálogo del 7 de mayo de 2010 en defensa del servicio colegial de visado como garantía de la integridad física y seguridad de las personas".
[Andalucía] FOREM-A lanza cuatro cursos de formación ocupacional del sector aeronáutico
http://blog.aergenium.es/2010/05/forem-lanza-cuatro-cursos-de-formacion.html
partir del próximo 31 de Mayo se van a impartir en FOREM-A los siguientes cuatro cursos de formación ocupacional del sector aeronáutico:
VERIFICADOR-INSPECTOR (Ref. 41-356)
MONTADOR DE INSTALACIONES (Ref. 41-357)
FABRICACIÓN ELECTRICA (Ref. 41-358)
TECNICO DE PRUEBAS Y SISTEMAS DE AVIÓN (Ref. 41-359)
Norman Surplus has crashed his G-YROX
Smash into coconut palms or ditch into a lake? Those were the difficult choices facing intrepid adventurer Norman Surplus after cross winds blew his gyrocopter towards electricity wires in Thailand.
EcosimPro expone en la Space Propulsion Conference el software de simulación empleado por la ESA
Del 3 al 6 de mayo, EcosimPro estará presente en la plataforma dedicada a la Propulsión Aeroespacial para dar a conocer la potente herramienta de simulación, catalogada entre las más sofisticadas del mundo.
Madrid, 30 de abril de 2010-. El equipo técnico de EcosimPro participa activamente en la Space Propulsion 2010 Conference, del 3 al 6 de mayo en el Centro de Conferencias del Kursaal en San Sebastián (España).
EcosimPro es uno de los principales referentes mundiales en simulación empleado por prestigiosas organizaciones como la Agencia Espacial Europea, NASA, Canadian Space Agency y compañías líderes como EADS, Thales Alenia, Snecma, y Volvo, entre otras.
En este importante congreso, Empresarios Agrupados cuenta con una zona de exposición para mostrar a los asistentes el Software desarrollado con EcosimPro para la Simulación de Sistemas de Propulsión Espacial (ESPSS, por sus siglas en inglés) que emplea la Agencia Espacial Europa (ESA) para el diseño y simulación del funcionamiento de los motores de cohetes y vehículos espaciales.
Además, los desarrolladores de la ESPSS, junto con los coordinadores de la ESA, realizarán demostraciones del funcionamiento de esta software durante el Workshops organizado al efecto. Varios ejemplos de utilización estarán disponibles, en los que se podrá comprobar la rapidez y robustez del software en casos como:
- Simulación del llenado de líneas en vacío con combustible líquido (comportamiento de líquidos en bifásico)
- Simulación del comportamientito de los tanques criogénicos durante el vuelo de los lanzadores
- Simulación del comportamiento de los motores cohete, incluyendo los órganos más importantes como son las turbinas , bombas, cámaras de combustión, etc.
Por su parte, José Francisco Moral Moral, ingeniero en Iberespacio Jefe de Proyecto del ESPSS, impartirá una ponencia titulada "La plataforma de simulación ESPSS" durante el congreso que se desarrollará estos días en San Sebastián explicando las características y las mejoras introducidas en dicho software desarrollado con EcosimPro para la simulación de complejos fenómenos transitorios durante el lanzamiento de cohetes espaciales o en el funcionamiento de sistemas de propulsión y control térmico de satélites.
EcosimPro, se ha consolidado a escala mundial como uno de los principales referentes en simulación, empleado por prestigiosas organizaciones como la Agencia Espacial Europea, NASA, Canadian Space Agency y compañías líderes como EADS, Thales Alenia, Snecma, y Volvo, entre otras.
Sobre EcosimPro
EcosimPro es una herramienta matemática de modelado y simulación de sistemas dinámicos desarrollada por un equipo de ingenieros de Empresarios Agrupados Internacional S.A. (EAI). Fundada en 1971, Empresarios Agrupados es una organización de ingeniería líder en España y con notable experiencia internacional. Noticias e información disponible en la dirección web www.ecosimpro.com
Hallan las cajas negras del vuelo de Air France que se estrelló en el Atlántico
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/05/06/internacional/1273125509.html?a=8b7ef4ad0589e19a38af7f137f83827f&t=1273128889&numero=
FRANCIA | Murieron 228 personas
Hallan las cajas negras del vuelo de Air France que se estrelló en el Atlántico