Abstract: An engine windmill relight method is described for use with a fuel control system (FCS) having a metering valve (MV), the method comprising the steps of determining a desired fuel delivery rate, and moving the MV to a nominal fuel delivery setting higher than that corresponding to the desired fuel delivery rate.
Abstract: A drive arrangement comprising a drive shaft, a clutch arrangement operable, upon axial movement of the drive shaft occurring, to interrupt drive to the drive shaft, an axially movable interrupt shaft, a gear arrangement whereby the interrupt shaft is driven for rotation by the drive shaft at a speed slower than the rotary speed of the drive shaft, disconnect means operable to cause axial movement of the interrupt shaft, and transmission means for transmitting axial movement of the interrupt shaft to the drive shaft.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 4, 2009
Publication date:
May 6, 2010
Applicant:
Goodrich Control System
Inventors:
Paul Harris, Raymond Richard Bomford, Darren Christopher Howard