Flight Deck Motion System (FDMS): Operating Concepts and System Description

Abstract

The Flight Deck Motion System (FDMS) is an active operator guidance system for assisting the shipboard Landing Safety Officer (LSO) when landing helicopters in high seas. New concepts for identifying and tracking quiescent periods' in real time are described, and the FDMS capability and reliability are described. Three operating modes are discussed: a quiescent period indicator for real time guidance, a flight planning mode to assist in decision making, and a flight deck data recorder. The measurement and calculation of ship motion parameters is discussed, and the definition of real time criteria is described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA421875

Entities

People

  • J. L. Colwell

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Processing
  • Engineering
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Guidance
  • Helicopters
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Reliability
  • Safety
  • Security
  • Ship Motion
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.