A method to determine maximum flight control authority through hardover failure testing

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 2016-2036

  Christensen, Kevin ^a   Koelzer, Helmuth ^a   Hollifield, Pat ^a   Wiggins, Les ^b   Olmstead, Michael ^c  

^a BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC   (United States)

^b US Army AMRDEC Development   (United States)

^c US Army Aviation and Missile Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CONTROL; AIRCRAFT FAILURES; AIRCRAFT HANDLING QUALITIES; ANALYSIS METHOD; DATA COLLECTION; DESIGN CRITERION; FAILURE TESTING; FLIGHT CONTROL; FLIGHT TESTING; HANDLING QUALITY; RESPONSE TIME; TEST POINTS; VISUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

ACTUATORS; AIRCRAFT; HELICOPTER CRANES; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS);

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 70350491817     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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