03.1 - Materials issues, Fatigue and Damage Tolerance
MODERN MATERIALS IN AEROSPACE INDUSTRY - MAGNESIUM ALLOY CONTROL SYSTEM LEVER OF THE UNMANNED ILX - 27 HELICOPTER
M. Wojtas¹, A. Sobieszek¹, L. Czajkowski¹, R. Zurawski¹; ¹Institute of Aviation, Poland
The article describes the structural modifications in an unmanned ILX-27 helicopter, during which new materials and technologies were applied. It describes the course of tests of a magnesium alloy control-system lever in order to identify its capabilities to be used in the control system instead of a regular aluminum lever.