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An integrated rotorcraft avionics/controls architecture to support advanced controls and low-altitude guidance flight research
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Doane, Douglas H. Eshow, Michelle M. Jacobsen, Robert A. Hindson, William S. Aiken, Edwin W. |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Description | Salient design features of a new NASA/Army research rotorcraft--the Rotorcraft-Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory (RASCAL) are described. Using a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter as a baseline vehicle, the RASCAL will be a flying laboratory capable of supporting the research requirements of major NASA and Army guidance, control, and display research programs. The paper describes the research facility requirements of these programs together with other critical constraints on the design of the research system. Research program schedules demand a phased development approach, wherein specific research capability milestones are met and flight research projects are flown throughout the complete development cycle of the RASCAL. This development approach is summarized, and selected features of the research system are described. The research system includes a real-time obstacle detection and avoidance system which will generate low-altitude guidance commands to the pilot on a wide field-of-view, color helmet-mounted display and a full-authority, programmable, fault-tolerant/fail-safe, fly-by-wire flight control system. |
| File Size | 1080113 |
| Page Count | 20 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19930015304 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t14n43k5n |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Research And Support Facilities (air) Airborne Equipment Fly By Wire Control Low Altitude Obstacle Avoidance Uh-60a Helicopter Research Facilities Field of View Rotary Wing Aircraft Flight Control Helmet Mounted Displays Air Navigation Real Time Operation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
