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Volume 54, Issue 9
1 September 1982
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Aircraft Engineering
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Review Article| September 01 1982

Digital Engine Control for V/STOL and V/TOL Aircraft Available to Purchase

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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2059-9366
Print ISSN: 0002-2667
© MCB UP Limited
1982
Aircraft Engineering (1982) 54 (9): 19–22.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb035820

Electronic engine controls manufactured by Dowty & Smiths Industries Controls Ltd. (DSIC) have already completed more than 171 million flying hours. This includes experience gained by Concorde using a full authority electronic analogue system. The advent of microprocessor technology has now brought the benefits of digital control within the grasp of all military and civil engine manufacturers.

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