Integration of Externally Carried Weapon Systems with Military Helicopters

Download or read book Integration of Externally Carried Weapon Systems with Military Helicopters written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report contains detailed discussion of the aero-mechanical aspect of helicopter weapons integration. Particular emphasis is placed on flying qualities and performance with externally mounted weapons systems as well as weapons separation characteristics. In addition, structural mechanics topics, operational issues, and special problems are discussed. Each technical area is discussed in terms of analytic methodology, ground testing and flight testing procedures, instrumentation, and an assessment of the state-of-the-art, where possible. The text material is supplemented by three appendices. Appendix I is a synoptic table, which relates each particular undesirable characteristic to various effects and results and, further suggests solutions. Appendix I should serve as a guideline for any new helicopter weapons integration venture at the design stage. Appendix II is a listing of known helicopter weapons certification programs completed to date that have either produced experimental results or a fully qualified system. Thus, Appendix II should indicate a source of weapons or helicopter manufacturers which the reader could query directly. Appendix III is a compendium of case histories which are referred to by the text and which will serve to explain more fully the phenomena discussed therein.