UH-60A Airloads Flight Test Program: Data Counter 8534

During the period between July 1993 and February 1994 the data collection portion of the UH-60A Airloads Program was conducted. At the time, UH-60A Airloads Program was the most comprehensive and data rich rotorcraft flight test program that NASA and the Army had ever attempted. It was part of the Modern Technology Rotor Program, where several different rotors were to be tested in small and full-scale wind tunnels combined with flight testing. This would allow for comparison between the various tests and comprehensive analyses. Results were to be stored in a comprehensive, easily accessed, database know as Tilt Rotor Engineering Database System, TRENDS. With over 30 years of rotor testing experience, the goal of NASA and the Army was to collect a wide and extensive amount of data to improve the understanding of rotors and prediction codes.