A pilot rating scale was developed to describe the effects of transients in helicopter flight-control systems on safety-of-flight and on pilot recovery action. The scale was applied to the evaluation of hardovers that could potentially occur in the digital flight-control system being designed for a variable-stability UH-60A research helicopter. Tests were conducted in a large moving-base simulator and in flight. The results of the investigation were combined with existing airworthiness criteria to determine quantitative reliability design goals for the control system.
A pilot rating scale for evaluating failure transients in electronic flight control systems
AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference ; 1990 ; Portland, OR, United States
1990-01-01
Conference paper
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English
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