The Link Trainer
Maker and role
Edward Molloy, General editor
Ernest Walter Knott, Consulting editor
Production date
1941
Object detail
Accession number
PUB-2020-3
Description
"Dealing in a comprehensive manner with the installation, maintenance, and adjustment of the link trainer used for the training of pilots in instrument flying." - Title page.
Maintenance and operation of the link trainer
The flight log or recorder -- Preliminary notes on assembly and installation -- Levelling the trainer -- The connecting desk -- Installation of radio and batteries -- Compensating compass -- Deviation card -- Synchronising recorder (flight log) -- General operating instructions -- Rough air or “bumps” -- Synchronising altimeters -- Mechanical operation of the link trainer -- Measuring the degree of vacuum -- Motion of trainer around three axes -- Banking -- Climbing or diving -- Turning -- How instruments are actuated -- Climb valve opened -- Dive valve opened -- Climb-dive valve assembly -- Trainer nosed up -- Throttle opened and trainer nosed up -- Airspeed and engine speed -- Regulating bellows -- Stalling: stall-valve assembly -- Turn with bank, spin trip, and spin valve --Automatic spin -- Spin valve -- Turning motor, belt, and belt tightener -- Rough-air mechanism -- Main valves -- Rudder, aileron, and elevator -- Climb-dive valves -- Flight log (automatic recorder) -- Main (banking and pitching) bellows -- Vacuum turbine and air transfer -- Air system -- Slipstream simulators -- Instruments used in trainer -- Remote-indicating airspeed, vertical speed, altimeter -- Tachometer -- Turn and bank indicator -- Artificial horizon and directional gyro -- Flight-path indicator (in cockpit) -- Glide-path indicator (on desk) -- Electrical and radio units -- Radio circuit -- Rectifier circuit -- Amplifier circuit -- Course beam oscillator -- Marker-beacon oscillator -- Volume control in cockpit -- Beam compensator -- Link radio range keyer -- Automatic operation of keyer -- Aural marker-beacon signals -- Visual indications obtained from keyer -- Flight-path system -- Glide path -- Direction indicator -- Vacuum turbine and motor -- Electric compass deflector -- Autosyn (recorder) system and telechron driving motors -- Telegon oscillator for remote indicating instruments -- Instruments -- Instrument lights, transformer, and recorder light -- Vibrators: fans -- Inspection and maintenance -- Daily -- Daily flight test -- Weekly inspection -- Performance data -- Airspeed and tachometer -- Vertical speed -- Turn indicator -- Regulating, adjusting, and testing -- General inspection -- Main bellows -- Patching directions -- Turning motor -- Adjusting main valves to neutral -- Rudder valve -- Aileron valve (wheel control) -- Elevator valve -- Slipstream simulators -- Automatic spin -- Instrument-control adjustments -- Leak test -- Throttle adjustment (vertical speed, “locked level”) -- Maximum climb and descent (limit valves) -- Adjusting airspeed and tachometer -- Fitting a new regulating spring -- Stretching the spring -- Adjusting stalling speed -- Turn indicator -- Recorder and driving unit -- Test track -- Adjusting needle valve -- Radio and electrical units -- Cleaning and lubrication -- Adjustment of contacts.
Maintenance of link trainer instruments
General service instructions -- Operation -- Vertical-speed indicator -- Indicating unit -- Maintenance -- Dismantling -- Cleaning -- Assembly -- The transmitting unit -- Compensating for difference in pressure -- Setting the stop plate -- Calibrating the complete instrument -- Sensitive altimeter -- Indicating unit -- Maintenance -- Dismantling and inspection -- Cleaning -- Assembly -- The transmitting unit -- Air-speed indicator -- Indicating unit -- Transmitting unit -- Maintenance -- Dismantling and inspection -- Cleaning -- Assembly.
Maintenance and operation of the link trainer
The flight log or recorder -- Preliminary notes on assembly and installation -- Levelling the trainer -- The connecting desk -- Installation of radio and batteries -- Compensating compass -- Deviation card -- Synchronising recorder (flight log) -- General operating instructions -- Rough air or “bumps” -- Synchronising altimeters -- Mechanical operation of the link trainer -- Measuring the degree of vacuum -- Motion of trainer around three axes -- Banking -- Climbing or diving -- Turning -- How instruments are actuated -- Climb valve opened -- Dive valve opened -- Climb-dive valve assembly -- Trainer nosed up -- Throttle opened and trainer nosed up -- Airspeed and engine speed -- Regulating bellows -- Stalling: stall-valve assembly -- Turn with bank, spin trip, and spin valve --Automatic spin -- Spin valve -- Turning motor, belt, and belt tightener -- Rough-air mechanism -- Main valves -- Rudder, aileron, and elevator -- Climb-dive valves -- Flight log (automatic recorder) -- Main (banking and pitching) bellows -- Vacuum turbine and air transfer -- Air system -- Slipstream simulators -- Instruments used in trainer -- Remote-indicating airspeed, vertical speed, altimeter -- Tachometer -- Turn and bank indicator -- Artificial horizon and directional gyro -- Flight-path indicator (in cockpit) -- Glide-path indicator (on desk) -- Electrical and radio units -- Radio circuit -- Rectifier circuit -- Amplifier circuit -- Course beam oscillator -- Marker-beacon oscillator -- Volume control in cockpit -- Beam compensator -- Link radio range keyer -- Automatic operation of keyer -- Aural marker-beacon signals -- Visual indications obtained from keyer -- Flight-path system -- Glide path -- Direction indicator -- Vacuum turbine and motor -- Electric compass deflector -- Autosyn (recorder) system and telechron driving motors -- Telegon oscillator for remote indicating instruments -- Instruments -- Instrument lights, transformer, and recorder light -- Vibrators: fans -- Inspection and maintenance -- Daily -- Daily flight test -- Weekly inspection -- Performance data -- Airspeed and tachometer -- Vertical speed -- Turn indicator -- Regulating, adjusting, and testing -- General inspection -- Main bellows -- Patching directions -- Turning motor -- Adjusting main valves to neutral -- Rudder valve -- Aileron valve (wheel control) -- Elevator valve -- Slipstream simulators -- Automatic spin -- Instrument-control adjustments -- Leak test -- Throttle adjustment (vertical speed, “locked level”) -- Maximum climb and descent (limit valves) -- Adjusting airspeed and tachometer -- Fitting a new regulating spring -- Stretching the spring -- Adjusting stalling speed -- Turn indicator -- Recorder and driving unit -- Test track -- Adjusting needle valve -- Radio and electrical units -- Cleaning and lubrication -- Adjustment of contacts.
Maintenance of link trainer instruments
General service instructions -- Operation -- Vertical-speed indicator -- Indicating unit -- Maintenance -- Dismantling -- Cleaning -- Assembly -- The transmitting unit -- Compensating for difference in pressure -- Setting the stop plate -- Calibrating the complete instrument -- Sensitive altimeter -- Indicating unit -- Maintenance -- Dismantling and inspection -- Cleaning -- Assembly -- The transmitting unit -- Air-speed indicator -- Indicating unit -- Transmitting unit -- Maintenance -- Dismantling and inspection -- Cleaning -- Assembly.
Media/Materials
Physical description
viii, 132 pages : illustrations, diagrams ; 23cm
Other title
Aeroplane Maintenance and Operation Series, Volume 8
Credit line
Edward Molloy et al. 1941. The Link Trainer, PUB-2020-3. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
![Flight Simulator [Link Trainer]; Link Aviation Devices, Incorporated; National Airways Corporation](https://collection.motat.nz/records/images/medium/16031/3de4f790df3175e680029cea97b321961de66751.jpg)
Public comments
Thank you John for sharing your experience of the iconic Link Trainer flight simulator
- Walsh Memorial Library, MOTAT posted one year ago.
I was in the Air training corps in 1945 and spent many hours in the link at RAF Coningsby, taking turns at the operating table with my friend, a never to be forgotten experience.
- John Beavin posted one year ago.