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130 FLIGHT International , 29 December 1979

CDONNELL DDUGLASAV-8B1 Composi te structure front fuselage(561b weig ht reduc tion)2 Integral ly moulded frames on sandwich skin3 Pressure bulkhead, bol ted inplace4 Boundary layer bleed (overboard)5 Increased iniet recovery (bet tercruise efficiency)6 Do uble auxi l iary inlet doors7 Wing-s l i ng hardpo in ts8 Chemical ly m i l led t i taniu m side-panels9 Win g wi th modi f i ed superc r i t i ca laerofoi l sect ion (3301b weight re-d u c t i o n , 20 per cent more area)10 Graph i te-epoxy und i rec t iona lbond11 Graph i te-epoxy woven c lo th12 A lumin ium13 Ti tanium14 Sine-wave spar web15 One-piece wingskins, upp er skinremovable for access16 Rear wing- attachm ent po int17 Cent re wing-a t tachment po in t18 Front wing-a t tachment p o in t(underneath)19 Bonded tai iplane structure20 Detachable composi te trai l ing edge21 Tai iplane hinge22 Rudder pedal shaker23 Rudder and elevator quadrantgroup24 Pi tch spring-feel un i t25 Pi tch tr im servo26 Pi tch 'Q ' feel jack27 Rudder cable tensioner28 Rudder power-cont ro l servo29 Elevator control runs30 Elevator control servo31 Linkage fro m tai iplane tocont ro l nozz le

32 A i le ron cont ro l run33 A i le ron servo34 Reaction control ai rduct35 Pi tch react ion-control nozzle36 Rol l react ion-control nozzle37 Yaw react ion-control nozzle38 Speedbrake39 Cushion-augmentat ion ai r dam40 Cushion-augmentat ion strakes41 Flap hinge42 Flap actuato r (maximu m deflect ion25 61"), coupled wi t h nozzlero ta t ion inST O43 Flap slot do or44 Flap s lot door oper at ing l ink4 5 Th ro t t l e c on t ro l46 Nozzle-angle control47 Headup display48 Upf ront communicat ion , nav igat ionand identi f icat ion (CNI) panel49 Mul t ipurpose display50 Engine management (digi tal )51 Fuel management (digi tal )52 Fl ight instruments53 Weapons control panel54 Stencel l ightweight eject ion seat55 Water-methanol tank (2601bcapacity)56 Water-methano l f i l l e r57 Pressure refuel point58 Forward fuel tank (1,0601b)59 Centre fuel tank (6371b)60 Aft fuel tank (1,0601b)61 W in g tank (4,7431b)62 Wing- tank end rib63 Fuel transfer l ines64 Fuel dump65 300 US gal lon droptank (total ex-ternal fuel capacity 8,0781b)66 Fi t t i ng for removable / re t rac tab lere fue l l i ng probe

67 Angle-rate bombing system (Arbs)receiver and processor68 Arbs heat exchanger69 Arbs s ignal data converter70 Al l -weather landing system (Awls)rece iver ARN-12871 A i rdata computer72 Iner tial na vigation system (F-18)ASN-13073 OEAS concentrator74 U pper IFF antenna75 Aft equipment baymain rack :RWR rece iver and c ompu te r ,Tacan, display processor, Awlspulse de-coder and nav. computer,radar al t imeter, radar beacon,ECM b lanker , UHF/VHF rad io , CNIdata compute r , SAAHS computer ,76 Aftequipment baylower rack :Mission computer, stores management , IFF, ALE-39 programm er.77 Radar warning antenna78 Radar warning receiver ACR-6779 Bat tery (NiCad)80 Broadband communicat ion and nav.antenna81 Radar beacon antenna APN-20282 MAD compensator83 Pi tot probe

84 Yaw sensor vane85 Tota l temperature probe86 Gen erator panel87 Electrical distribut ion panel88 Relay pane] '89 Fi re bot t l e90 Format ion-keep ing l i gh t (e lec t roluminescent)91 Co ckpi t ai r-system pack heatexchanger92 Heat exchanger ram-air93 Ram-air exhaust94 Cold-a i r un i t95 Condi t i oned a i r to cockp i t96 Cold ram-a i r to cockp i t97 Equipment-cool ing pack heat-exchanger