Full-Scale Crash Test (T-41) of the YAH-63 Attack Helicopter,

Abstract

T-41 was jointly conducted by the Aviation Applied Technology Directorate and the NASA-Langley Research Center. The purpose of the effort was to assess the effectiveness of the structural crashworthiness features designed into the YAH-63 during a severe but potentially survivable accident and to evaluate the performance of several developmental crashworthy systems in a real-world helicopter crash environment. Because this was the first crash test of an attack helicopter and the first of a helicopter having designed-in crashworthiness, T-41 offers unique data for predicting the crash impact behavior of future helicopters. Keywords: Crash test; Impact dynamics; IBAHRS(Inflatable Body and Heat Restraint System); Crash safety; Energy absorption; and ELT(Emergency Locator Transmitters).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA167813

Entities

People

  • Kent F. Smith

Organizations

  • United States Army Aviation and Missile Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Cameras
  • Flight Recorders
  • Fuselages
  • Load Cells
  • Measurement
  • Nose Wheels
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Pilot Seats
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Recording Systems
  • Strain Gages
  • Transducers

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials