Hydraulic Constant Recoil Program.

Abstract

The design, development and testing of a test prototype hydraulic servo recoil system that reduces the recoil forces of the 20mm M197 gatling gun to near-constant levels is described. The system concept, system implementation and engineering, preflight and flight test on board an AH-1G helicopter are summarized. Preliminary conclusions are that the vibrations in the helicopter resulting from gun firing are virtually eliminated. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 18, 1977
Accession Number
ADA049313

Entities

People

  • Robert Gartner

Organizations

  • Honeywell International, Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Automatic Guns
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Firing Rate
  • Gun Barrels
  • Guns
  • Helicopters
  • Ignition Lag
  • Machine Guns
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Regulators
  • Reliability

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Software Engineering
  • ballistics.