Vector Nozzle

The exhibit aims to increase visitors' understanding of the two-dimensional and three-dimensional vector nozzle structures, and to experience their working and control principles through mutual comparison.

Interaction type: Electromechanical, hands-on. The unit is designed for unsupervised public use: controls are recessed or shielded, moving parts are enclosed, and the interface is operable by a child of about six with no instruction. Where a screen is used, the language can be switched without changing the hardware, and the content can be replaced on site.

Set up three vector nozzle models on different fighter jets at the exhibit housing. After visitors activates the exhibits, they can trigger the two-dimensional vector nozzle model and two types of three-dimensional vector nozzle models by pushing the handle, clicking the button, and manipulating the joystick, allowing them to observe the nozzle's expansion and deflection movements.

Every unit leaves the factory after a running test: mechanisms cycled, electronics burned in, edges dressed, fixings torqued and marked. Wear parts — bearings, sliders, lamps, belts, touch panels — are modular and listed on the spare-part sheet, so a venue technician can replace them without returning the exhibit. Crating is plywood with foam blocking; the loading plan and packing list travel with the shipment.