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Preliminary design features of the RASCAL - A NASA/Army rotorcraft in-flight simulatorSalient design features of a new NASA/Army research rotorcraft - the Rotorcraft Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory (RASCAL) - are described. Using a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter as a baseline vehicle, the RASCAL will be a flying laboratory capable of supporting the research requirements of major NASA and Army guidance, control, and display research programs. The paper describes the research facility requirements of these programs together with other critical constraints on the design of the research system, including safety-of-flight. Research program schedules demand a phased development approach, wherein specific research capability milestones are met and flight research projects are flown throughout the complete development cycle of the RASCAL. This development approach is summarized, and selected features of the research system are described. The research system includes a full-authority, programmable, fault-tolerant/fail-safe, fly-by-wire flight control system and a real-time obstacle detection and avoidance system which will generate low-latitude guidance commands to the pilot on a wide field-of-view, color helmet-mounted display.
Document ID
19930029314
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Aiken, Edwin W.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Jacobsen, Robert A.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Eshow, Michelle M.
(U.S. Army, Aeroflightdynamics Directorate, Moffett Field CA, United States)
Hindson, William S.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Doane, Douglas H.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1992
Subject Category
Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance
Report/Patent Number
AIAA PAPER 92-4175
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA and AHS, Flight Simulation Technologies Conference
Location: Hilton Head Island, SC
Country: United States
Start Date: August 24, 1992
End Date: August 26, 1992
Sponsors: AIAA, AHS
Accession Number
93A13311
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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