Objective
In passenger transport missions, rotorcraft are operated in accordance with air traffic procedures which have been established essentially for the needs and performance capabilities of fixed wing aircraft, e.g. which incorporate trajectories with long rectilinear legs, moderate turns and shallow slopes in climb or descent. The specific ability of rotorcraft to take-off and land vertically, and to perform terminal manoeuvres in confined space, following routes which do not interfere with the other air traffic, makes much more efficient operations possible; and especially so in the case of large heliports as it was shown in a previous study supported by DG VII (ref 14). Nevertheless the potential benefit of revised flight procedures (in terms of better integration with other air traffic and reduced noise impact) and the consequent development of intercity connections, will materialize only if such procedures can be shown to preserve or improve the flight safety without degrading the vehicle performance in terms of its payload carrying capability. The main objective of the present project is thus to develop improved terminal procedures and airfield operations (e.g. take-off and landing manoeuvres) for a wide spectrum of field configurations, including but not limited to airports (freeing-up valuable runway slots), city centre heliports, and offshore platforms. The project will demonstrate the feasibility and safety of the proposed manoeuvres, with regard to the performance capabilities of existing helicopters, addressing in particular those critical flight conditions during which an engine failure could endanger the passengers and/or population on the ground.
The strategy to reach this objective is threefold:
- to establish a common performance simulation code and validate it using existing flight data;
- to use this code to analytically optimise trajectories and propose improved manoeuvres;
- to substantiate the practical feasibility and repeatability of these new procedures by means of piloted simulations and demonstration flight tests.
Partners in the project fully represent the European helicopter manufacturing industry and also include experts in aeromechanics and simulation from major national research establishment and test centres. BE97-4224
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- engineering and technology mechanical engineering vehicle engineering aerospace engineering aircraft rotorcraft
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13725 Marignane
France
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