Helicopter External Load Acquisition Technology Investigation.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify, analyze, and evaluate methods of improving the acquisition of sling and/or netted loads by a hovering helicopter under poor visibility and other hazardous conditions. Flight and ground crew tasks required to support the external cargo operations were analyzed and resulting baseline crew workloads defined. Hazard analyses of the mission phases were accomplished and hazard categories identified. The results of these analyses were then used as criteria for selecting potential concept candidates for improvement in external load acquisition. Ten candidate concepts were identified. Each was evaluated against established baselines and then ranked in order of improvement over the baseline concept. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA094672

Entities

People

  • B. C. Bowen
  • Herman Franks

Organizations

  • Bell Flight

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Classification
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Control Panels
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Flight
  • Flight Crews
  • Government Procurement
  • Guidance
  • Helicopters
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Workload

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis