Assignment 01 Aircraft Lighting Systems Task 01 Landing Gear Light Circuit
Assignment 01 Aircraft Lighting Systems Task 01 Landing Gear Light Circuit
Assignment 01 Aircraft Lighting Systems Task 01 Landing Gear Light Circuit
Introduction:
Landing lights are installed in aircraft to illuminate
runways during night landings. These lights are very
powerful and are directed by a parabolic reflector at an
angle providing a maximum range of illumination.
Landing lights are usually located midway in the leading
edge of each wing or stream-noid into the electric circuit.
This circuit is simple aircraft landing gear light circuit
concept. I designed this circuit as an easy
understanding circuit. Here I used two MR 16 sized
bulbs as landing gear light and two also for taxi light. But
in this report I will explain about only the landing gear
light operation. I used wig-wag (pulsing lights) for the
landing lights for safety. I set a 30 seconds timer circuit.
This is not the real time, for sample only in this circuit.
30 seconds is just about the time it takes between
turning the lights on for take-off and lift-off. This timer
circuit is a relay trigger.
Circuit Components:
In this circuit I used several electrical components.
These are described below:
1. Electronic switch: In electronics, an electronic
switch is an electronic component or device that
can switch an electrical circuit, interrupting the
current or diverting it from one conductor to another.
Typically, electronic switches use solid state devices
such as transistors, though vacuum tubes can be
used as well in high voltage applications.
2. Timer circuit: The timer circuit is actually made by
resistors, capacitors and IC 555. This circuit control
the lighting time. Here I used 30 seconds timer
circuit.
3. SPDT Relay: SPDT means single pole double
throw. A relay is an electrically operated switch.
Many relays use an electromagnet to mechanically
operate a switch, but other operating principles are
also used, such as solid-state relays. Relays are
used where it is necessary to control a circuit by a
low-power signal (with complete electrical isolation
between control and controlled circuits), or where
several circuits must be controlled by one signal.
4. Fuse: In electronics and electrical engineering, a
fuse is a type of low resistance resistor that acts as
a sacrificial device to provide overcurrent protection,
Circuit Diagram:
Circuit Description:
From the main bus bar two lines are come out. One for
landing gear light and another is for taxi light. Both of
them separate switch. Those switch are single pole
switch. So, after bus bar and before the switch there is a
fuse is connected. After switch the one line is directly
connect with taxi light. Another line is connect with a
timer circuit and a relay in COM terminal. From the timer
circuit one line also connect with relay. From the relay
one line gone to ground. From NO terminal one line is
connect with flasher. NC terminals is connected with two
diodes. The diodes are connected with WIG WAG. The
flasher also connected with WIG WAG. The WIG WAG
is connected with landing gear lights. There is two lights.
End lines are gone to the ground. This is how the circuit
is constructed.
Circuit Operation:
First turn on the LDG LT switch. DC is now available
through the switch, and is going to the following places
(Figure 02):
1) To the timer circuit, starting the 30s timer (mechanism
TBD),
2) The COM terminal on the SPDT Relay (and therefore
through the NC terminal to both of the WIGWIG ON
terminals of that switch)
3) To both of the WIGWIG OFF terminals of that switch.
Summary, the 30s timer as started, and both landing
lights are on steady.
The trick now will be to figure out whether on one ONON-ON switch. (Switch positions would be OFF-LDG
ONLY-WIG WAG.)
Heres the logic table.
Time
Any
Any
<30s after
LDG->ON
<30s after
LDG->ON
>30s after
LDG->ON
>30s after
LDG->ON
LDG LTS
OFF
OFF
ON
WW Switch
OFF
ON
OFF
Result
OFF
OFF
Steady
ON
ON
Steady
ON
OFF
Steady
ON
ON
Pulse
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