Present and future trends in rotorcraft pilot couplings (RPCs) - A retrospective survey of recent research activities within the European project ARISTOTEL

37th European Rotorcraft Forum 2011, ERF 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 266-284

  Pavel, Marilena D ^a   Malecki, Jacek ^b   DangVu, Binh ^c   Masarati, Pierangelo ^d   Gennaretti, Massimo ^e   Jump, Michael ^f   Jones, Michael ^f   Smaili, Hafid ^g   Ionita, Achim ^h   Zaicek, Larisa ⁱ  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PZL Swidnik ^*  (Poland)

^c ONERA   (France)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^e ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g NLR Anthony   (Netherlands)

^h STRAERO   (Romania)

ⁱ CENTRAL AEROHYDRODYNAMIC INSTITUTE TSAGI   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aircraft (rotorcraft) pilot couplings (A RPCs); Pilot induced (assisted) oscillations (PIO PAO)

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; AIRCRAFT OSCILLATION; CURRENT STATUS; EUROPEAN PROJECT; FUTURE DESIGNS; FUTURE TRENDS; HIGH RESPONSE; LIMIT CYCLE OSCILLATION (LCO); PILOT INDUCED (ASSISTED) OSCILLATIONS (PIO/PAO); PILOT WORKLOAD; POTENTIAL INSTABILITY; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; ROTARY WING; VISIBILITY CONDITIONS;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; COUPLINGS; DESIGN; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; ROTORS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84861601452     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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