Aircraft Systems: Mechanical, Electrical, and Avionics Subsystems Integration, 3e

This third edition of Aircraft Systems represents a timely update of this highly successful and widely acclaimed work. Moir and Seabridge present an in-depth study of the general systems of an aircraft – electronics, hydraulics, pneumatics, emergency systems, and flight control to name but a few – that transform an aircraft shell into a living, functioning, and communicating flying machine. Advances in systems technology continue to integrate systems and avionics, with aircraft support and flight systems increasingly controlled and monitored by electronics; the authors handle the complexities of these interactions in a straightforward and accessible manner that also enhances the book’s synergy with its two sister volumes, Civil Avionics Systems and Military Avionics Systems.

Thoroughly revised and expanded from the previous edition, Aircraft Systems, 3rd Edition reflects the significant technological and procedural changes that have occurred in the interim – new aircraft types, increased electronic implementation, developing markets, increased environmental pressures, and the emergence of UAVs. Every chapter is updated, and the latest technologies depicted. An essential reference tool for aerospace industry researchers and practitioners such as aircraft designers, fuel specialists, engine specialists, and ground crew maintenance providers, it is also an excellent textbook for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students in systems engineering, aerospace, and engineering avionics.

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