Typically, the major aircraft manufacturers conduct structural flight testing or will lead an industry/Government combined test team (CTT) since they possess the requisite aircraft-specific structural knowledge and technical expertise. In this particular case, the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), Aviation Research, Development and Engineering Center (AVRDEC) identified an extremely cost-effective method for repairing the very expensive, recurring problem of debonding AH-64 main rotor blades. However, when the major manufacturer declined to do the flight testing, AVRDEC tasked the U.S. Army Aviation Technical Test Center (ATTC) to lead a CTT that capitalized on the strengths and resources of several U.S. Army Aviation Research and Development (R&D) and Test and Evaluation (T&E) organizations to successfully complete the structural flight testing. This paper documents the innovative composite repair of the AH-64 main rotor blade and the innovative and cost-effective approach to conducting the structural flight testing through an Army CTT.


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    Title :

    Limited flight loads survey of the AH-64 with experimentally repaired main rotor blades


    Contributors:
    Walters, S. (author) / Bivens, C. (author)


    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 4 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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