- Author
- Raskauskas, B. J.
- Title
- Integrated Fire and Overheat Detection System for Aircraft. Technical Report. November 15, 1968-September 15, 1969.
- Coporate
- General Motors Corp., Kokomo, IN
- Sponsor
- Air Force Aero Propulsion Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
- Report
- AFAPL-TR-69-97, December 1969, 77 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- F33615-69-C-1196
- Keywords
- aircraft safety | fire detection systems | fire prevention | warning systems | systems engineering | safety devices | continuous sensors | carbides
- Identifiers
- detection systems
- Abstract
- The object of this program was to design and to build an operational fire and overheat detection system, which used continuous sensors, PIN sensors, silicon solar cell sensors, and silicon carbide sensors, for manned flight vehicles. The system consists of sensitizing modules, detection circuits, and logic circuits. Operational capability ranges from -55 deg C. and to +125 deg C. The system is designed to drive a readout with four separate notations: Fire, Overheat, Fail and OK.