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The Art of the Helicopter John Watkinson - Karatunov.net

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Engines and transmissions 235<br />

Fig. 6.29 To prevent rapid changes in fuelling, a combination <strong>of</strong> a flow restrictor and a chamber or accumulator<br />

is used. Pressure in <strong>the</strong> accumulator can only change slowly.<br />

once more. <strong>The</strong> pressure in <strong>the</strong> bellows chamber falls, but rapid closure <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fuel<br />

valve must be prevented or <strong>the</strong> flame will blow out. This is achieved once again by <strong>the</strong><br />

pressure lag due to <strong>the</strong> accumulator.<br />

In some free turbine engines, transient droop is reduced using compressor bleed. If<br />

<strong>the</strong> governor develops a large underspeed error it may operate valves to allow some<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> compressor output to leak to atmosphere. This unloads <strong>the</strong> compressor and<br />

allows <strong>the</strong> spool to accelerate. This technique is used, for example, in <strong>the</strong> T-55 engines<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Chinook.<br />

<strong>The</strong> rate <strong>of</strong> acceleration <strong>of</strong> a turbine engine is relatively slow and this explains <strong>the</strong><br />

aircraft carrier pilot’s technique <strong>of</strong> advancing <strong>the</strong> throttle to maximum just before<br />

touchdown. If <strong>the</strong> arrester hook fails to catch, <strong>the</strong> engine will have spooled up to full<br />

power in time to go around. If this technique is not used <strong>the</strong> plane may fall <strong>of</strong>f <strong>the</strong> front<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ship.<br />

6.24 FADEC<br />

Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) is a system in which <strong>the</strong> operation<br />

<strong>of</strong> a turbine engine is completely controlled by a processor. <strong>The</strong> goal is reduced pilot<br />

workload along with greater reliability. With FADEC <strong>the</strong> engine starting procedure<br />

is automated and <strong>the</strong> pilot only has to turn it on. <strong>The</strong> stabilization <strong>of</strong> rotor RPM is

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