A brushless air-cooled aircraft A-C generator

The quantity and complexity of electric apparatus on aircraft have increased so much that maintenance of this apparatus has become a serious problem. On future aircraft, which will have even more complex requirements for electric apparatus, programs must continue to be initiated to provide more reliability and simplicity of this apparatus if the aircraft are to be kept in flying readiness. Generators, the source of electric power for the aircraft, are among the most important components of the electric system. Some of the construction details and the means by which a brushless air-cooled aircraft a-c generator can contribute to the reliability and simplicity of an electric system are analyzed in this paper.