February 2016 v1.3

In this Issue From Your Editor 1

Upcoming Lecture:

Development of

Aircraft Landing Gear 1

CHAIN 2016 3 Chadwick Dinner and

Lecture: To Fly or Not to

Fly Historic Aircraft 4

Updates: Manchester Airshow is cancelled 5 RAeS 150th Concept Design Challenge 6 Lecture Reviews 8

From Your Editor 2016 is a special year for the Royal

Aeronautical Society as it steps

into 150th Anniversary including a

Concept Design Challenge. We

have prepared a series of events to

celebrate the joy of this special

occasion.

From the last edition, we have

organised an Aviation Quiz for our

beloved readers and received loads

of replies. Congratulations to

Barrie Malpas who had been

selected as the best entry for the

quiz. We hope you all have enjoyed

the quiz and see you in the next

lecture.

Upcoming Lecture:

Development of Aircraft Landing Gear

LOCATION Wednesday, 17th February 2016, 7:00pm

Room B2 Newton Building

The University of Salford

(Image by Ediney Ribeiro)

Bob will talk to us in on the Development of Landing Gear Concepts.

(How do you catch 600 tonnes at 380km/h?)

The landing gear is one of the most important systems on an aeroplane.

With the consequences of failure being, at least, very expensive, a landing

gear system must be extremely reliable and safe, but also at minimum cost

to the operator, which demands light weight and minimal maintenance.

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NEWSLETTER

ROYAL

AERONAUTICAL

MANCHESTER BRANCH

SOCIETY

February 2016

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Royal Aeronautical Society Manchester Branch Newsletter – February 2016

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Landing gears operate in a very harsh environment, with temperatures ranging from several hundred

degrees at the brakes to extremely cold ground soak conditions. They also have to cope with very high speed

airflows; rain, ice, dust and debris on the runways, de-icing fluids, etc.; and very high vibration and g levels.

This lecture goes through the design processes involved in defining a new landing gear configuration, with

the A380 development as an example.

Bob Thompson started his career as an apprentice with Hawker Siddeley Aviation at Hatfield in the late

1970s. He worked as a hydro-mechanical systems engineer on Bae 146 flying control development, A300

high lift development and A310 wing structural design.

Bob followed the move of Airbus in the UK from Hatfield to Filton, working on A320 high lift testing and

leading landing gear activities on A330/A340, A400M, A380, A350 and Nimrod.

He is working within the Future Programmes environment as the Landing Gear Architect. He is also quite

heavily involved in driving R&T for both landing gear and wing-related topics.

DIRECTIONS TO NEWTON BUILDING BY CAR – Walking distance 100m Park in the pay and display car park in front of the Salford Museum and Art Gallery The Crescent M5 4WU Walk down the steps at the far end of the car park and walk diagonally left across the private car park. The Newton is the brick building on your left. BY TRAIN – Walking distance 100m Turn left out of Crescent Station and left down University Rd. Turn right at the roundabout and then right at the junction. The Newton is the brick building on your right.

STUDENT TRAVEL For Manchester students travelling to Salford University and for Salford students travelling to Manchester Campus there is an excellent train service linking Manchester Oxford Road and Salford Crescent stations. Oxford Road Station is only 400m from the George Begg Building, which is on Sackvillle Street, up the ramp to the right of the Weston Conference Building. Salford Crescent Station is within 200m of the Newton Building. Journey time is around 6 minutes and the return fare with a student railcard is £1.15 (£1.70 w/o a railcard). Departure times week day afternoon and evenings are: OXFORD ROAD TO SALFORD CRESCENT 15.26, 16.26, 17.26, 18.26, 19.24, 20.24, 21.24, and22.39. SALFORD CRESCENT TO OXFORD ROAD 15.25, 16.25, 17.25, 18.25, 19.25, 20.25, 21.25 AND 22.25.

AIM TO ARRIVE 5MINUTES EARLY AS A CURTESY TO THE SPEAKER AND TO AVOID BEING LOCKED OUT OF THE NEWTON BUILDING

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13th February 2016

CHAIN 2016 LOCATION

Saturday, 13th February 2016, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm John Dalton Bulding

Chester Street Manchester, M1 5GD

Manchester Metropolitan University

CHAIN is a new one-day conference designed specifically to engage, inform and inspire early career engineers based in Greater Manchester. Speakers from BLOODHOUND SSC, IMechE, IET and others will give fascinating lectures on the latest developments in the world of Engineering and Science. For more information, please visit the follow websites. Website http://youngengineers.co.uk/chain/ Registration https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chain-manchester-2016-tickets-19440949403 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Chain-Manchester-1441032239542385/?fref=ts

http://youngengineers.co.uk/chain/

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chain-manchester-2016-tickets-19440949403

https://www.facebook.com/Chain-Manchester-1441032239542385/?fref=ts

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16th March 2016

Chadwick Lecture and Dinner

To Fly or Not to Fly Historic Aircraft

Lecture by Paul Hodgson followed by the Chadwick Dinner LOCATION

Wednesday 16th March 2016, 7pm Deanwater Hotel Wilmslow Road

Woodford, SK7 1RJ

(Image from Historic Aircraft Collection)

Paul Hodgson was Chief Designer at BAe (AVRO) Woodford and describes himself as the last of the line which began with Chadwick. He will talk to us on Regulation and Controls to be managed in getting Historic Aircraft back into the air and their operation The Chadwick Dinner will follow the lecture. To register for the Dinner please send a cheque for £30 made out to the RAeS Manchester Branch, together wither any dietary requirements, to our Treasurer, Allan Shimmin, C Eng MRAeS, 16 Winnington Road, Marple, SK6 6PD together with any special dietary requirements.

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Updates: Manchester Airshow is cancelled We regret to announce that the Manchester Airshow as part of the RAeS 150th Anniversary Celebration has been cancelled. The Manchester Airshow website recently published the following statement: "Following the tragic accident at Shoreham Airshow in 2015, the Civil Aviation Authority are currently conducting a full review of Airshow regulations. Whilst the organisers of the Manchester Airshow believe that our venue remains suitable for an Airshow Event, safety is out utmost priority, and the potential outcomes of this review may impact upon the feasibility of organising future airshows at City Airport. The team will review any new regulations that are introduced, and once these are understood, a decision will be made as to the possibility of bringing a return of the Manchester Airshow to the skies above City Airport at a later date. Due to the timing of the review, it is with regret that we will be unable to host a full Manchester Airshow in 2016. We would like to thank all our supporters of the Airshow. The Airport will be hosting other events during 2016 and details of these will be published in due course at the Airport website – www.cityairportandheliport.com" As a result, the joint plans of RAeS Manchester, Chester, Preston and Sheffield Branches to host a major 150th RAeS celebration as part of it in July are cancelled at present. The plan included 5 Aircraft cockpits (including a Lightning) Airfix building competition, Art Competition, RC aircraft exhibition and simulator and glider simulator. The joint branches organising team are meeting shortly to look at alternatives.

(Image from Manchester Airshow)

http://www.cityairportandheliport.com/

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Royal Aeronautical Society 150th Concept Design Challenge – Manchester Branch

The Royal Aeronautical Society which was formed in 1866 is celebrating its 150th Anniversary in 2016. To commemorate this, the Manchester branch would like to organise an aviation concept design challenge. The aim of the competition is to inspire young people about the history and future of the aerospace industry. This would enable them to experience the sheer excitement shared by the RAeS members in this fascinating profession. THEME The theme of the celebrations and art competition is “innovative firsts” and is open to everyone in the North West. Participants are encouraged to research the aviation history and future visions, to be inspired by a pioneering aviation and space innovation and/or invention to create an artwork based on their findings. FORMAT Submission can be done in any format the participant chooses such as painting, drawing, digital and PDF etc. MEDIUM The artwork may be done in any medium the participant chooses. MARKINGS In order for a valid entry, the following information must be submitted in CAPITAL LETTERS with the email or on the back of the artwork for those submitted by post:

Full name

Address

Email and a contact number

The following sentence: “I FULL NAME IN CAPITALS confirm that this submitted artwork is my own work. I understand that any suspicion otherwise will render the entry invalid and will not be pursued any further.”

Participants may submit a short sentence to describe their inspiration for the artwork. It is not required to include the title on the artwork at the front, but participants may choose to do so.

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DEADLINE Entries (artwork and email) must be received by: 23:59 on the 31st March 2016 You can fill in the live form on http://aerosoc.org/raescomp.html or email your submission to Dr Rahulan [email protected]. Or alternatively your artwork may be submitted via post to the following address: Dr T Rahulan, Chairman RAeS Manchester Branch, Newton Building, University of Salford, M5 4WT JUDGING The artwork shall be judged by a panel of aerospace industry professionals. Winners will be announced and Prizes awarded at the RAeS Manchester Branch Annual General Meeting and Mini Lecture Competition which is on Wednesday, 13 April 2016 at 18.00 for 18.30 at Room E5, Forth Floor, James Lighthill Building, Sackville Street, University of Manchester, M1 3NJ.

Judging criteria:

The artwork is an original piece by the participant.

ALL the requirements listed in this document are met.

The artwork clearly portrays the theme of the competition.

The artwork does not include any controversial or inappropriate content deemed unsuitable to display at the showcase event.

PRIZES Cash prizes will be awarded for first, second and third best artwork entries. The details of the prizes are as below: We shall be ensuring that the artwork with details of the winner will be published in the RAeS Magazine, Aerospace. The Branch committee requests that you champion and administer First prize: £80 Second prize: £40 Third prize: £20 Details of the winner along with the artwork will be published in the RAeS Magazine. LEGAL NOTICE

Participants must be the sole creator of the submitted artwork and PDF and they must be original.

By entering this competition, the entrants hereby grant Royal Aeronautical Society, its branches and partners a non-exclusive, irrevocable license for each entry to be published within the website and any other associated media.

http://aerosoc.org/raescomp.html

mailto:[email protected]

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It is entirely entrant’s responsibility to protect against misuse of artwork by third parties. Royal Aeronautical Society will assume no responsibility and will not be liable for any artwork misuse in any case whatsoever.

Royal Aeronautical Society will not be responsible for any artwork and PDF submission, however submitted/posted, which is not received.

No entries will be accepted beyond the stated deadline. Any exceptions would be subject to the RAeS Manchester branch committee and/or judges.

Any entries which fail to comply with one or more criteria as described above would be rendered invalid for the competition, unless exceptions apply.

As a starting point, please follow the links below for information about the 150th Anniversary celebrations: http://aerosociety.com/About-Us/history/RAeS150 Some intriguing historical collections can be found via: http://aerosocietyheritage.com/ For journal of aeronautical history; follow: http://aerosociety.com/News/Publications/J-Aero-Hist/Papers To keep up to date with the celebratory events follow this link: http://aerosociety.com/Events/Event-List?type=150th%20Anniversary%20Event To purchase merchandise to show your support, please follow: http://aerosociety.com/About-Us/Shop/Shop-Products?category=Merchandise All enquiries about the competition must be directed to Hetesh Pal: Email: [email protected] Phone number: 07792751811 The Royal Aeronautical Society’s Manchester branch’s members will look forward to receive your entries and wish good luck to the participants.

Lecture Review:

RAF Reaper Operations Lecture on RAF Reaper Operation was held on 2nd December 2015 at University of Manchester. We would like to express our gratitude to Mr Andy Jeffries who shared his stories working with RAF in the Reaper programme. I cannot share too much content as most information is not allowed to be published due to security reason, however I would say I am totally impressed by how the Reaper has helped to complete different missions around the world.

http://aerosociety.com/About-Us/history/RAeS150

http://aerosocietyheritage.com/

http://aerosociety.com/News/Publications/J-Aero-Hist/Papers

http://aerosociety.com/Events/Event-List?type=150th%20Anniversary%20Event

http://aerosociety.com/About-Us/Shop/Shop-Products?category=Merchandise

mailto:[email protected]

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Reminder: Subscriptions

Our Branch Personal Subscriptions remain as before at £5 per Season with those in full time education being

exempt. No action is required if you are in full time education or have made arrangements to pay by standing

order. Otherwise if you are an individual Branch Member and you have not paid your subscription fee, please

send your cheque for £5 made out to RAeS Manchester Branch, with your name and address and e mail on

the back, to our treasurer.

Allan Shimmin, C Eng MRAeS, 16 Winnington Road, Marple,SK6 6PD

Society Websites

For up to date information, please see our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/raesmanchester

or the Royal Aeronautical Website: www.aerosociety.com

Branch Contact:

Hon. Secretary - Paul Heslop

19 Broomehouse Avenue, Irlam, M44 5FT

Tel - 0161 775 9105

Email - [email protected]

Newsletter Editor – Wong Ka Chun Nicholas

Email: [email protected]

If you have any articles you wish to have published in an upcoming newsletter, do not hesitate to contact the editor at the above email address.

http://www.facebook.com/raesmanchester

http://www.aerosociety.com/

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