Rapid Method for Computing Reachable Landing Distances in Helicopter Autorotative Descent
Brian F. Eberle, Jonathan Rogers, Mushfiqul Alam, MICHAEL E. JUMP · Journal of Aerospace Information Systems · 2022
No AccessTechnical NotesRapid Method for Computing Reachable Landing Distances in Helicopter Autorotative DescentBrian F. Eberle, Jonathan D. Rogers, Mushfiqul Alam and Michael JumpBrian F. EberleGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, Jonathan D. Rogers https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7196-1691Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, Mushfiqul AlamCranfield University, Cranfield, England MK43 0AL, United Kingdom and Michael JumpUniversity of Liverpool, Liverpool, England L69 3GH, United KingdomPublished Online:25 May 2022https://doi.org/10.2514/1.I011035SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Bachelder E. N. and Aponso B. L., "Using Optimal Control for Rotorcraft Autorotation Training," Proceedings of the 59th Annual Forum of the American Helicopter Society, AHS International, Fairfax, VA, May 2003. Google Scholar[2] Aponso B. L., Lee D. and Bachelder E. 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TopicsAircraft Components and StructureAircraft ControlAircraft DesignAircraft Flight Control SystemAircraft OperationsAircraft Operations and TechnologyAircraft PerformanceAircraft Stability and ControlAircraft Wing DesignAircraftsFixed-Wing AircraftHelicoptersRotorcrafts KeywordsHelicoptersComputingTest PilotsBanking TurnAirspeedFixed Wing AircraftAvionics SystemsGraphics Processing UnitLift to Drag RatioProportional Integral DerivativeAcknowledgmentsThis research/investigation was sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and was accomplished under cooperative agreement number W911NF-16-2-0027 and the U.S. Army/Navy/NASA Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence with Mahendra Bhagwat serving as the Program Manager and Technical Agent (grant numbers W911W6-11-2-0010, W911W6-17-2-0002, and W911NF-16-2-0027). The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory or the U.S. Government.PDF Received27 June 2021Accepted23 April 2022Published online25 May 2022