ENGINEERING FLIGHT TEST OF THE UH-1C HELICOPTER EQUIPPED WITH THE XM-30 WEAPON SYSTEM

Abstract

The Army Preliminary Evaluation of the UH-1C/XM-30 weapon system was conducted by the U. S. Army Aviation Test Activity at Edwards Air Force Base and Fort Irwin, California. The degradation in level flight performance attributed to the weapon installation was defined and no objectionable flying qualities were encountered during firing or non-firing tests. The armed mission capability of the helicopter was degraded by high levels of stress, vibration, blast, and noise during firing and restrictive limitations were imposed by gun malfunctions and system gross weight. The reliability of the weapon system was poor and should be improved prior to further Army testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0827184

Entities

People

  • Daniel C. Dugan
  • Kenneth R. Ferrell
  • Ronald S. Holasek

Organizations

  • Edwards Air Force Base

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airspeed
  • Ammunition
  • Army Aviation
  • California
  • Control Panels
  • Flight
  • Helicopters
  • Instrumentation
  • Level Flight
  • Malfunctions
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • ballistics.