The Tornado is an all-weather day/night low-level aircraft.[^1] It is single fault tolerant and a second-failure defaults to fail-safe.[^1] It uses variable sweep wings.[^1] It has a variable supersonic inlet.[^3] It uses an 3-stage afterburning turbofan engine with thrust reversers.[^3] Flight tests started in 1974.[^3]
[[Tornado FCS]]
[[Tornado TARDIS]]
[[Panavia Tornado SPILS]]
[[Tornado Tailerons]]
Panavia Tornado Taileron Acceleration Limits
[[Electromagnetic Interference]] – A tornado was lost to an HIRF interference event
[[Tornado Aerodynamics]]
[[Tornado Structure]]
Sources
- [1] “Tornado Flight Control System.” Accessed: Jul. 12, 2024. [Online]. Available: http://cdn.rochesteravionicarchives.co.uk/img/catalog/ZZ_1354029405_DDBR0132+(O%26A-1b).pdf
- [2] “GEC Avionics Combat Aircraft Controls Division.” Accessed: Jul. 14, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://cdn.rochesteravionicarchives.co.uk/img/catalog/ZZ_1373193793_DDBR0127+%28O%26A-1b%29.pdf
- [3] O. Friedrich and B. Young, “Tornado, An Advanced STOL Fighter-Bomber Design.” Accessed: Oct. 03, 2024. [Online]. Available: http://www.icas.org/ICAS_ARCHIVE/ICAS1976/Page%2041.pdf
Backlinks
[[High Lift Devices]]
Spoilers
[[Tornado SPILS Oscillations