CH-47D computer graphics generated display monitor [for flight test visualization]

Author

Hoy, Herbert H. ; Lam, Tony

Author_Institution

Western Aeronaut. Test Range Branch, NASA Ames Res. Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

5-9 Nov 1995

Firstpage

311

Lastpage

313

Abstract

The US Army AFDD recently completed flight testing of a CH-47 helicopter to refine the handling qualities requirements for cargo-class rotorcraft. A self contained mobile laser tracking system and telemetry acquisition system was designed and configured to provide the requisite position tracking and telemetry acquisition. Real time tracking data correlated with aircraft acquired telemetry data was used to drive a real time display monitor. The purpose of this paper is to describe the design and capabilities of this computer graphics generated display developed specifically for the purposes of real-time flight test visualization

Keywords

aerospace simulation; aircraft computers; aircraft control; aircraft displays; aircraft testing; computer displays; data visualisation; helicopters; military aircraft; military avionics; natural scenes; optical tracking; telemetry; three-dimensional displays; 3D display; 3D polygon based model; CH-47 helicopter; cargo-class rotorcraft; computer graphics generated display monitor; flight test visualization; handling qualities requirements; mobile laser tracking system; position tracking; real time display monitor; real time tracking data; telemetry acquisition system; terrain model; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Computerized monitoring; Drives; Helicopters; Military aircraft; Optical design; Rotors; Telemetry; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1995., 14th DASC

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3050-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.1995.482913

Filename

482913