Helicopter flight performance with head-supported mass

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn III, Issue , 2006, Pages 1903-1912

  Fraser, Stuart ^a,b   Alem, Nabih ^b   Chancey, Valeta Carol ^b  

^a UES INC   (United States)

^b U S ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF GRAVITY (CG); FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED (FLIR) DISPLAYS; HEAD-UP DISPLAY (HUD); NIGHT VISION GOGGLES (NVGS);

DISPLAY DEVICES; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GOGGLES; MANEUVERABILITY; STANDARDIZATION;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 33748461380     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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