Design and development of Canopy Lift Check Device in Fighter aircraft
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- iDEX Challenges (opens in a new tab)DISC 14Round closed: 4 May 2026
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Current canopy-lift checks use graph paper and visual readings before and after pressurisation, which the source says are vulnerable to parallax and limited resolution. Develop a device that measures at least twelve canopy points simultaneously, shows each point's status and stores at least twenty previous checks per aircraft for trend review. The requested resolution is 0.1 mm, with 0.01 mm desirable. Mounting and measurement must not scratch or damage the canopy or aircraft. The published final sentence is truncated.