WINDSHIELD DESIGN FOR THE LIGHT TRAINER AIRCRAFT

In this article the complete design process of windshield installation for the light trainer aircraft was described. Entire process was done using computer aided design (CAD) software. Passing through developing stages of the aircraft design, some influence factors directly have been causing change of windshield shape and structure design until the whole structure of aircraft had been frozen. One of the flight-technical requirements is efficient and rapid separation of the windshield in critical situations. Very thoughtfully design of the mechanisms that are consisted by windshield was performed due to this emergency requirement. The benefit of computer design process compared to the classic design process on a paper was confirmed here by easiness to simulate kinematics of the mechanisms and to inspect how do they behave in specific situations.