For wider acceptance of helicopters in the civil aviation market, the weak points of helicopters such as noise, expense, and lack of safety and comfort must be improved. Mitsubishi has developed a proof-of-concept prototype helicopter incorporating improved features which overcome the weak points. New engines were also developed by Mitsubishi. The development schedule span and cost were extensively reduced by utilizing the rapid prototype method of Skunk Works, and the first flight was made 21 months after the program go-ahead. The flight tests have revealed that the basic aircraft performance, including noise reduction, for the most part satisfied the target. The successful results of RP1 triggered fullscale development of the production model MH-2000 civil helicopter.


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    Title :

    Rapid prototype development of the Mitsubishi RP1 helicopter


    Contributors:
    Toda, N. (author) / Harada, T. (author) / Sato, A. (author)


    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    12 Seiten, 2 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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