Blue pulse active rotor control at Airbus Helicopters - New EC145 demonstrator & flight test results -

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 679-702

  Rabourdin, Antoine ^a   Maurice, Jean Baptiste ^a   Dieterich, Oliver ^a   Konstanzer, Peter ^a  

^a Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOISE ABATEMENT;

ACTIVE ROTOR CONTROL; ACTIVE SYSTEMS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; FLIGHT TESTING; POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGY; SECOND GENERATION; STABILITY ENHANCEMENT; TRAILING EDGE FLAPS;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 84906689725     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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