Mission-Oriented Requirements for Updating MIL-H-8501. Calspan Proposed Structure and Rationale.

Abstract

This report documents the effort by Arvin/Calspan Corporation to formulate a revision of MIL-H-8501A in terms of Mission-Oriented Flying Qualities Requirements for Military Rotorcraft. Emphasis is placed on development of a specification structure which will permit addressing Operational Missions and Flight Phases, Flight Regions, Classification of Required Operational Capability, Categorization of Flight Phases, and Levels of Flying Qualities. A number of definitions are established to permit addressing the rotorcraft state, flight envelopes, environments, and the conditions under which degraded flying qualities are permitted. Tentative requirements are drafted for Required Operational Capability Class I. Also included is a Background Information and Users Guide for the draft specification structure proposed for the MIL-H-8501A revision. The report also contains a discussion of critical data gaps and attempts to prioritize these data gaps and to suggest experiments that should be performed to generate data needed to support formulation of quantitative design criteria for the additional Operational capability Classes II, III, and IV.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA160648

Entities

People

  • C. R. Chalk
  • R. C. Radford

Organizations

  • Calspan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Birds
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Mathematical Models
  • Navigational Equipment
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Weapon Delivery

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  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design