Future Directions in Rotorcraft Technology at Ames Research Center

Abstract

Members of the NASA and Army rotorcraft research community at Ames Research Center have developed a vision for "Vertical Flight 2025". This paper describes the development of that vision and the steps being taken to implement it. In an effort to realize the vision, consistent with both NASA and Army Aviation strategic plans, two specific technology development projects have been identified: one focused on a personal transportation system capable of vertical flight (the "Roto-Mobile") and the other on small autonomous rotorcraft (which is inclusive of vehicles which range in grams of gross weight for "Micro- Rotorcraft" to thousands of kilograms for rotorcraft uninhabited aerial vehicles). The paper provides a status report on these projects as well as a summary of other revolutionary research thrusts being planned and executed at Ames Research Center.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA524109

Entities

People

  • Edwin W. Aiken
  • Larry A. Young
  • Robert A. Ormiston

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Control Systems
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Helicopter Rotors
  • Reliability
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft
  • Utility Aircraft
  • Vertical Takeoff Aircraft

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.