An Introduction to
Lake Central Air Service
Our Past, The Present and What
We Can Do For You
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INTRODUCTION
For over 45 years Lake Central Air Services (LCAS) has
built a strong reputation for quality service in aircraft
maintenance, parts manufacture, aircraft modifications,
and customer support. We have a very long history of
designing modifications such as externally mounted
research equipment interfaces, aerodynamic
performance improvements, increased fuel capacity
modifications, avionics and instrument panel re-designs,
and in the design and manufacture of Airworthiness
Directive correction modifications.
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LCAS is Transport Canada approved to
manufacture aircraft parts and certify aerodynamic
products. Over the years we have gradually
worked into the field of performing special purpose
installations of surveillance equipment for land and
sea, atmospheric monitoring and geophysical
survey modifications to aircraft. LCAS can design,
engineer, manufacture, install, and approve survey
modifications to your aircraft with our in-house
Transport Canada Designated Airworthiness
Representative (DAR).
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LCAS currently hold FAA, EASA, Canadian, and
Brazilian Supplemental Type Certificates (STC’s)
for modifications covering over 80 different types
of aircraft and helicopter makes and models plus
many serialized STC’s for other less popular fixed
and rotary wing aircraft.
LCAS IS A TRANSPORT CANADA APPROVED
MAINTENANCE & MANUFACTURING
ORGANIZATION
Certificate #195-92
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With our success of past modifications LCAS has
a proven track record of modifying aircraft and
installing equipment in an efficient and timely
manner. We pride ourselves on our ability to
design, fabricate and install anything we are
tasked with to meet the desired configuration for
our customers specific requirements.
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WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOUR PROJECT
LCAS can provide you with a range of services
from conceptual design through to project
completion. Our services include aerodynamic flow
and particle trajectory simulations to insure the
most precise data gathering possible, component
interface design and manufacture utilizing both
aluminium alloy and advanced composite
structures as required, as well as the required
documentation to achieve certification.
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LCAS Previous Projects
The Alfred Wegner Institutes Polar 5 Research Aircraft
Polar 5
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The Early Stages of the Environment
Canada/NASA HIWC Program Development
(Concept #1 NASA S-3 Viking)
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The Early Stages of the Environment
Canada/NASA HIWC Program Development
(Concept #2 NASA DC-8 Research Aircraft)
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HIWC Program
Task was to develop a conceptual design for the integration of a suite of
scientific instruments onto a Gulfstream G-II Aircraft using existing hard
points (Concept #3)
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HIWC Program continued
LCAS Concept using unmodified G-II platform.
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Twin Otter Nose Boom
From Concept to Completion
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King Air Vertical Gradient Tail Boom
From Concept to Completion
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Douglas DC-3 Wing Tip Boom’s and Survey
Equipment Belly Pod
From Concept to Completion
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Eurocopter AS-350 Nose Boom
From Concept to Completion
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Cessna C-206 Vertical Gradient Wing Tip Pod
From Concept to Completion
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Proposal for Installation of Cloud
Measurement Probe(s) on an in-service
Boeing 747 Aircraft
Photo of an existing Pylon Assembly
developed for Rolls Royce and
mounted on their Boeing 747 flying
test bed at the fifth engine position.
LCAS proposes that a study be
undertaken to determine if a simpler
more cost effective pylon system
could be developed using the same
wing hard points used for the fifth
engine position. This new pylon
system could then be installed on
any 747 with fifth engine provisions.
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Proposal for Installation of Cloud
Measurement Probe(s) on an in-service
Boeing 747 Aircraft
The main goal in the development of the installation of Cloud Measurement
Probes on any aircraft is to insure the instruments are mount in the best
possible free stream air flow condition.
The first step in achieving this goal for this project would be to model the
747’s fuselage and inboard wing section then carry out flow and particle
bounce simulations using SolidWorks/FlowWorks CAD software.
Once these simulations are done an optimum position for the probe can be
selected and a pylon system developed to bridge the gap between the probe
position and the available existing wing hard points.
Once the conceptual shape is determined then material selection can be
made taking into account the aircrafts speed, altitude and environmental
conditions expected as well meeting the requirements of FAR part 25.
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LAKE CENTRAL AIR SERVICES
A Division of 579678 Ontario Inc.
Muskoka Airport, RR #1
Gravenhurst, Ontario. P1P 1R1
705-687-4343 Fax 705-687-8983
E-mail: lakecent@muskoka.com
Website: www.lakecentral.com
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