Acoustic flight test of the EC130 B4 in the scope of the friendcopter project

33rd European Rotorcraft Forum 2007, ERF33

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2199-2244

  Marze, H J ^a   Gervais, M ^a   Martin, P ^a   Dupont, P ^a  

^a EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Friendcopter; Noise abatement; Noise footprint

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATABASE; DATA ANALYSIS; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; FLIGHT PROCEDURES; FLIGHT PROFILES; FLIGHT TEST; FRIENDCOPTER; LOW NOISE; MANOEUVRING FLIGHT; MATRIX; NOISE DATA; NOISE FOOTPRINT; NOISE FOOTPRINTS; NOVEL METHODOLOGY; RECTANGULAR ARRAYS;

AIRCRAFT; COST REDUCTION; DATA REDUCTION; HELICOPTER ROTORS; TESTING;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

EID: 77954227822     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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