When monitoring helicopter components knowledge of the gross weight an aircraft is operating at is required to differentiate damaging from non-damaging flight conditions. Several attempts have been made at estimating helicopter gross weight using aircraft-mounted instrumentation that have proven inaccurate and costly due to instrumentation and calibration needs. A simple algorithm which requires only engine torgue, hover height, pressure altitude and ambient temperature parameters to estimate gross weight has been developed. The algorithm is based on the UH-IH hover performance chart found in the operators user manual. Results of this effort indicate the algorithm can be used to determine the gross weight range (low, medium, high) while in a hover condition.


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    Titel :

    Helicopter Gross Weight Determination from Monitored Parameters


    Beteiligte:
    J. G. Moffatt (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1996


    Format / Umfang :

    29 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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