AH-1G Helicopter, 19-Round Lightweight Airborne Launcher Jettison Envelope Determination.

Abstract

The United States Army Aviation Engineering Flight Activity conducted a limited evaluation of a 19-round prototype launcher to determine a safe jettison envelope for the 19-round lightweight airborne rocket launcher. The evaluation was conducted from 25 May 1978 to 6 June 1978 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Ten flights using an AH-1G helicopter were conducted totaling 3.5 flight hours. This evaluation defined a safe jettison envelope in coordinated (ball-centered) level flight to 120 knots calibrated airspeed (KCAS) and in autorotation at 70 KCAS. Establishment of a jettison envelope equivalent to that of the M159 and M200 launcher will require 75 7-round and 75 19-round lightweight airborne rocket launchers and 744 2.75-inch Model M229 rockets. Five reliability and maintainability launcher shortcomings were identified during the evaluation of the prototype launcher. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA069828

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  • Frederick S. Doten
  • Gary L. Skinner

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  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Army Aviation
  • Attack Helicopters
  • Cameras
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  • Engineering
  • Fetus
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  • Level Flight
  • Maintenance Personnel
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  • Rocket Launchers
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

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