Abstract: Legume-derived, and particularly soybean-derived, water-soluble polysaccharides are added to thickener-containing powder supplied with an instant food to prevent clumping of powder masses during reconstitution and for a more homogeneous reconstitution. Thus, the problem is solved which is encountered with soup powders such as a thickened soup powder and a curry-seasoned soup powder, which are supplied with instant foods such as instant noodles, containing thickeners such as starch or gum substances to impart thickness, whereby reconstitution in a stationary state produces swelling of the thickener and prevents adequate dispersion, resulting in scattering of powder masses in the soup and clumping at the bottom of the container and, thereby, impairing the taste.

Abstract: A flight control apparatus for a helicopter is configured by: a control unit controlled by the pilot; a steering mechanism for generating an aerodynamic control force; a link mechanism for mechanically transmitting an amount of control Ma in the control unit to the steering mechanism, thereby driving the steering mechanism; an amount-of-control sensor for detecting the amount of control Ma in the control unit and for supplying a control signal Sa; a flight control law calculation unit for calculating a flight control law of the helicopter based on the control signal Sa, and for supplying a driving signal Sb for the steering mechanism; a difference calculation unit for subtracting the control signal Sa from the driving signal Sb, and for supplying a difference signal Sc; and a precision servo actuator unit for adding the amount of control Ma transmitted via the link mechanism, to an amount of difference Mc corresponding to the difference signal Sc.

Abstract: A servo actuator apparatus has: an actuator which relatively displaces an operation unit on the basis of an input signal E1; a position sensor which detects a relative position of the operation unit and outputs a detection signal D1; an actuator which relatively displaces an operation unit on the basis of an input signal E2; a position sensor which detects a relative position of the operation unit and outputs a detection signal D2; a difference calculation unit which subtracts the detection signal D2 from a command signal C1 supplied from a flight control computer, to output the input signal E1; and a difference calculation unit which subtracts the detection signal D1 from a command signal C2 supplied from a flight control computer, to output the input signal E2, where a positive displacement direction of the operation unit is reverse and series to that of the operation unit, and the body units of the actuators are integrally movable, and the actuators can always operate while mutually monitoring the actual o