An airborne Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) is being developed to acquire rotor and drive train loads in addition to vehicle flight parameter data. Advancements over previous systems include the addition of a partially wireless rotor data system and serially multiplexed smart digital strain sensors. The system has been integrated into the NASA/Army Rotorcraft Aircrew Systems Concept Airborne Laboratory (RASCAL) Sikorsky JUH-60A helicopter. This paper presents the development of a flight loads monitoring system using digital sensor technology, installed on the RASCAL aircraft to demonstrate the functionality of the system. Also presented are pre-flight tests and future research plans for the digital sensor technology.


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    Title :

    Development of new health and usage monitoring system tools using a NASA/Army rotorcraft


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    12 Seiten, 8 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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