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FLIGHT International, 29 December 1979

MCDONNELL DDUGLASAV-8B
1 Composite structure front fuselage (561b weight reduction) 2 Integrally moulded frames on sandwich skin 3 Pressure bulkhead, bolted in place 4 Boundary layer bleed (overboard) 5 Increased iniet recovery (better cruise efficiency) 6 Double auxiliary inlet doors 7 Wing-sling hardpoints 8 Chemically milled titanium sidepanels 9 Wing with modified supercritical aerofoil section (3301b weight reduction, 20 per cent more area) 10 Graphite-epoxy undirectional bond 11 Graphite-epoxy woven cloth 12 Aluminium 13 Titanium 14 Sine-wave spar web 15 One-piece wingskins, upper skin removable for access 16 Rear wing-attachment point 17 Centre wing-attachment point 18 Front wing-attachment point (underneath) 19 Bonded taiiplane structure 20 Detachable composite trailing edge 21 Taiiplane hinge 22 Rudder pedal shaker 23 Rudder and elevator quadrant group 24 Pitch spring-feel unit 25 Pitch trim servo 26 Pitch ' Q ' feel jack 27 Rudder cable tensioner 28 Rudder power-control servo 29 Elevator control runs 30 Elevator control servo 31 Linkage from taiiplane t o control nozzle 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Aileron control run Aileron servo Reaction control airduct Pitch reaction-control nozzle Roll reaction-control nozzle Yaw reaction-control nozzle Speedbrake Cushion-augmentation air dam Cushion-augmentation strakes Flap hinge Flap actuator (maximum deflection 25 61"), coupled w i t h nozzle rotation in STO Flap slot door Flap slot door operating link Throttle control Nozzle-angle control Headup display Upfront communication, navigation and identification (CNI) panel Multipurpose display Engine management (digital) Fuel management (digital) Flight instruments Weapons control panel Stencel lightweight ejection seat Water-methanol tank (2601b capacity) Water-methanol filler Pressure refuel point Forward fuel tank (1,0601b) Centre fuel tank (6371b) Aft fuel tank (1,0601b) Wing tank (4,7431b) Wing-tank end rib Fuel transfer lines Fuel dump 300 US gallon droptank (total external fuel capacity 8,0781b) Fitting for removable/retractable refuelling probe 67 Angle-rate bombing system (Arbs) receiver and processor 68 Arbs heat exchanger 69 Arbs signal data converter 70 All-weather landing system (Awls) receiver ARN-128 71 Airdata computer 72 Inertial navigation system (F-18) ASN-130 73 OEAS concentrator 74 Upper IFF antenna 75 A f t equipment baymain rack: RWR receiver and computer, Tacan, display processor, Awls pulse de-coder and nav. computer, radar altimeter, radar beacon, ECM blanker, UHF/VHF radio, CNI data computer, SAAHS computer, 76 A f t equipment baylower rack: Mission computer, stores management, IFF, ALE-39 programmer. 77 Radar warning antenna 78 Radar warning receiver ACR-67 79 Battery (NiCad) 80 Broadband communication and nav. antenna 81 Radar beacon antenna APN-202 82 MAD compensator 83 Pitot probe 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 Yaw sensor vane Total temperature probe Generator panel Electrical distribution panel Relay pane] ' Fire bottle Formation-keeping light (electroluminescent) Cockpit air-system pack heat exchanger Heat exchanger ram-air Ram-air exhaust Cold-air unit Conditioned air t o cockpit Cold ram-air t o cockpit Equipment-cooling pack heatexchanger