Flight Test and Analysis Procedures for New Handling Criteria

Abstract

There is work underway to revise the US MIL-H-8501 and the UK Def- Stan 00970 design requirements for the specification of handling qualities for military rotorcraft. This paper reports on current RAE research activities in support of the two programmes. The focus of this work has been an extensive series of flight trials to investigate handling and performance requirements for low level nap-of-earth operations. The paper introduces and discusses results of trials on two different aircraft in a small amplitude, high gain pitch tracking task, and for two discrete moderate amplitude manoeuvres. Keywords: Foreign technology; Helicopters; Flight control systems. (kt)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA214138

Entities

People

  • M. T. Charlton
  • S. S. Houston

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Flight
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Flight Paths
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Response
  • Helicopters
  • Maneuvers
  • Measurement
  • Performance Tests
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Workload

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design