Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) has begun qualification activities for the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the service's C-130 transport fleet with new boltless wheels and carbon brakes. Goodrich is currently under contract to design, develop and perform qualification activities; support flight testing; and provide retrofit equipment for the Air Force's C-130 fleet.
预计资格预计将在2011年第一季度完成，此后不久将最初交付给空军。
“我认为，我们对Goodrich在此关键改进计划中取得的快速进步感到非常满意，并期待在飞机上实施车队。Goodrich的无螺栓车轮和碳制动器有望为空军提供增加- 与当前设备相比，时间和较低的运营成本。2020欧洲杯下注官网他继续说：“我们还使用C-130的主要命令合作，以确保为所有操作员提供平稳而无缝的过渡到Goodrich的车轮和刹车。”
Jeff Atkinson, director of military programs for Goodrich Aircraft Wheels and Brakes, said, "We continue to see strong interest from the international C-130 community in this upgrade because of the significant weight and maintenance savings. Our low-risk design and validation approach combined with advanced aircraft wheel and brake technologies will provide C-130 users worldwide with significant performance, cost and maintainability benefits throughout the life of the fleet."
与钢制动系统相比，Goodrich的C-130车轮和制动改造具有Duracarb®CarbonBrake，可提供较轻的重量，更长的寿命，更高的性能和较低的拥有成本。与传统的螺栓飞机车轮相比，它的无螺栓飞机车轮采用锁环设计，大大降低了维护时间和成本以及零件的数量。Goodrich飞机车轮和制动器正在使用由空中客车，波音，庞巴迪，庞巴迪，塞斯纳，巴西航空工业公司，洛克希德·马丁和诺斯罗普·格鲁姆曼等制造商生产的20,000多个军事，商业，区域和商务飞机。
Source:http://www.goodrich.com/