Sikorsky S-92
S-92 – a Sikorsky sense of style for commercial and luxury flights means the wealth combinative development by international teams now available for incorporating in everyday aircraft usage. The S-92 program has been enriched by Embraer of Brazil from South America, Gamesa of Spain from Europe, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan, Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) of Taiwan from Asia and Jingdezhen Helicopter Group or CATIC of People’s Republic of China working on a project with mega names such as Hamilton Sunderstrand, General Electric and Rockwell Collins functioning as major subcontractors.
This has to be a masterpiece or the tower of Babel for aircraft design. The fact that European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified it would indicate that it is certainly on the masterpiece side.
What does the S-92 design mean? It means metal and a composite frame which has an increased cabin length extended by 41 CM. Along with this, a damage resistant rotor system and enhanced safety due to a crashworthy fuel system design is also a part of S-92 design. This system has a fault tolerant; engine burst control and bird strike capability. It very definitely means that vibration levels are well below certification benchmarks making the flight super comfortable with acoustic level achieving similar standards.
The glass cockpit of this design provides wider field view and comes installed with a versatile dual, four-axis flight control capability and an avionics management module that is high in integration. It also provides management of flight and navigation data using four 6 inches into 8inches high matrix data computers with liquids crystal multi functional displays and even an optional additional display.
Digital mapping, radar for weather monitoring, terrain readings, engine instrument processing and display are included in the package. A S-92 – a Sikorsky sense of style for commercial and luxury flights means the latest in aircraft instrumentation which ensures the ultimate in ensuring safety of anything airborne which is fixed with S-92 design and styling.
