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The Future of Vertical Flight September 9, 2013 Mike Hirschberg Executive Director AHS International The Vertical Flight Technical Society
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The Future of Vertical Flight September 9, 2013
Mike Hirschberg Executive Director AHS International
The Vertical Flight Technical Society
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About AHS International
– Resources
– Initiatives
– Education
Technologies for the Future
Summary
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A charitable educational society working to advance technology
World’s premier professional vertical flight technical society
Expands knowledge about vertical flight technology and promotes its application around the world
Advances rotorcraft safety
Advocates for vertical flight R&D funding
Helps train the next generation of vertical flight leaders
Benefits all helicopter operations – commercial, private and military
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6,200 individual members – 1,300 members outside the U.S.
28 Chapters – US, Canada, Europe, Australia, Asia
75+ Corporate Members – OEMs, subsystems, suppliers, etc
28 Educational Members – Universities, libraries, etc
11 Student Chapters – Student-led activities at rotorcraft universities; scholarships; HPH
21 Technical Committees – Topic areas from Acoustics to Safety to Unmanned Rotorcraft
Annual Forum + 6-8 technical Specialists’ Meetings per year
70 years of technical documentation – 200,000 pages of publications – over 75% now online
CFD simulation of Eurocopter Dauphin in forward flight
Courtesy of ONERA
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USA
4,965
Canada
355
S. America
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Europe
449
China
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Africa
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Australia
80
Japan
143 Korea
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Singapore
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India
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Turkey
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Active Chapter
Proposed Chapter
More than 6,200 members worldwide in 28 chapters
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Publication PDFs Pages Initial Online Completed
Journal of the AHS 1,600 25,000 2009 2009
Vertiflite magazine (800 issues) 800 25,000 Jan 2012 Nov 2012
AHS Forum Proceedings 5,500 75,000 March 2012 Dec 2012
Specialists Meeting proceedings 6,000 75,000 May 2012 2013
Total: 200,000
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Annual Forum attracts 1200 engineers, scientists and leaders from industry, academia and governments
Helicopter manufacturer CEOs/VPs/engineers, military leaders, researchers, etc
~225 technical papers
~35 panelists
~65 exhibitors
Grand Awards Banquet
Short courses & industry tours
70th Annual Forum is May 20-22, 2014 in Montreal
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Jan 22-24, 2013 Unmanned Systems Scottsdale, AZ
Feb 11-13, 2013 Airworthiness, CBM, HUMS Huntsville, AL
May 21-23, 2013 69th Annual Forum Phoenix, Arizona
July 16-17, 2013 RotorTech Asia Pacific * Singapore
August 12-14, 2013 Int’l Powered Lift Conference * Los Angeles, CA
Aug 28-29, 2013 Research, Test & Evaluation Patuxent River, MD
Sep 2-6, 2013 European Rotorcraft Forum * Moscow, Russia
Sep 8-11, 2013 Asian Rotorcraft Forum * Tianjin, China
Oct 29-31, 2013 Structures & Survivability Williamsburg, VA
Jan 22-24, 2014 Aeromechanics San Francisco, CA
Feb 17-19, 2014 Handling Qualities Huntsville, AL
May 20-22, 2014 70th Annual Forum Montreal, Canada
* co-sponsors
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After recognizing rising helicopter accidents, in 2005 AHS International initiated a series of conferences
International Helicopter Safety Symposium (2005)
– AHS Montreal-Ottawa Chapter
Formed the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST)
– Joint industry/government initiative begun in 2006
– Initial goal to reach 80% accident reduction by 2016
– Ultimate goal to reach Zero Accidents
– Co-chaired by U.S. FAA and Helicopter Association Int’l (HAI)
– www.ihst.org
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Initiating an effort to reduce helicopter noise complaints to broaden market appeal 1. Reduce Generated Helicopter
Noise (Manufacturers)
2. Reduce Received Helicopter Noise (Operators)
3. Reduce Perceived Helicopter Annoyance (Public Relations)
Kick-off at Forum 69 with HAI, NASA, OEMs, etc. – Developing follow-up plans
– Specialists’ Meeting in 2015 on environmental concerns
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Vertical Flight Foundation (VFF)
– 20 awardees annually of ~ $2,500 each
30th Annual Student Design Competition
– Schools from all over the world design advanced rotorcraft to demand requirements
MAV Student Challenge – 5 universities at kick-off competition at Forum
– Advancing technology & autonomy
Pre-College (STEM) outreach – Developing curricula and training materials
– Middle School “Classroom Ambassadors”
– High School Video Competition
– National Vertical Lift Robotics Competition
AHS Human Powered Helicopter Competition
– 3 teams: U. Maryland, Cal Poly, U. Toronto/AeroVelo
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Annual competition among world’s engineering schools – Challenges students to design VTOL aircraft meeting specified requirements
– Provides a practical exercise for engineering students
Rotates sponsorship between OEMs – Eurocopter (2013), AgustaWestland (2014), Boeing, Bell and Sikorsky
Recent winning schools: – Australia: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
– China: Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
– India: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Auden Technology and Management Academy
– Israel: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
– Turkey: Middle East Technical University, Istanbul Technical University
– UK: University of Liverpool
– US: Georgia Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania State University, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, University of Maryland, Texas A&M
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Georgia Tech (US) and Univ. Liverpool (UK)
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U. Maryland (US) Penn State (US)
Graduate Undergraduate
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AHS initiated the Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition in 1980 – $25,000 prize
Many attempts in 1980s and 90s
– Only Cal Poly in California and Nihon University in Japan flew
– No flying aircraft after 1994
2009, Sikorsky Aircraft pledged $250,000 – generated a lot more interest
Three recent flying HPH aircraft
– University of Maryland “Gamera II” – Maryland, USA
– AeroVelo “Atlas” – Toronto, Canada
– Cal Poly “Upturn II” – California, USA
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AHS International is the world’s premier vertical flight technical society We are the global resource for information on vertical flight
technology
We provide global leadership for scientific, technical, educational and legislative initiatives that advance the state-of-the-art of vertical flight
We do things that matter for the future of vertical flight
Get involved! Become a member, help start a local chapter, join a technical
committee, network, etc.
Help provide leadership for the advancement of vertical flight
Go to www.vtol.org to join today!
Advanced Technologies
for Rotorcraft
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New manufacturing methods – Lean, Automation, RF ID, 3D Printing
Advanced composites – Unitized Composite Structures
– Automated Fiber Placement
Advanced engines – high P/W, low sfc, low emissions
Advanced transmissions – high efficiency/low weight
Biofuels/reduced carbon footprint
Increased flight automation
Many fertile areas being explored for potential
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Unmanned Technologies
Lockheed Martin/Kaman
Unmanned K-Max
Boeing Unmanned Little Bird
Eurocopter
Unmanned EC145
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New design tools (e.g. CFD/CSD)
Advanced configurations
Variable rotor speed
Low noise blades
High performance rotors
Active/adaptive rotors
Swashplateless hub
Fly-by-wire flight controls
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Taking advantage of latest improvements – Aerodynamic design, fly-by-wire, advanced composites
– Need to reduce cost and improve affordability
– Increased productivity
– Lean Manufacturing/Cost of Quality
– Life Cycle Cost/environmental impact
– Safety/crashworthiness
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V-22 only new U.S. military rotorcraft design fielded in past 30 years
All other deployed designs are 30-50 years old
– UH-1 Huey first flight 1956; Chinook 1961; Black Hawk 1975; Apache 1976
– Many 1960s airframes are still flying
– No clean-sheet designs
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Performance shortfalls – Speed, range, payload, endurance, altitude
Unexploited autonomy/collaboration – Significantly increased mission effectiveness
remains untapped
Unacceptable survivability & situational awareness shortfalls – Safety and threat losses, no common air or cockpit picture
Costly sustainment – Supportability, maintainability, reliability and availability
12 years of conflict and DoD studies reveal
significant areas for improvement
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Joint Multi-Role (JMR)
AVX Aircraft Co.
Bell Helicopter Boeing/Sikorsky
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Sikorsky X2 Demonstrator
Achieved top speed of 467 km/h (252 kt) in September 2010
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High vibration (6 blades)
High weight
4 engines
Poor aircraft lift-to-drag
High workload
Active vibration control (8 blades)
Lightweight composites, advanced transmission
1 engine, integrated propulsion
New airfoils/design methods, Low drag
Fly-by-wire, FADEC
First Flight 2008 First Flight 1973
Sikorsky S-69 ABC Sikorsky X2
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S-91 mock-up on display at AHS 67th Annual Forum (2011)
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Set top speed of 472 km/h (255 kt) in June 2013
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Fuselage: 365 N3 Dauphin 2 Prototype Rotor: EC155 Main Gearbox: EC175 Engines: NH90 (RTM322)
“50% faster than conventional helicopters for 10-20% increased production and operating costs”
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Mil Mi-X1
Mil MRVK
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Ka-92
UVK X-Ka
Ka-102
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Avicopter Compounds/Tiltrotor
Avicopter Bateleur Avicopter Jueying
Airshow China 2012 - Zhuhai, Nov 2012
Avicopter Avant Courier Avicopter “Blue Whale”
China Helicopter Expo - Tianjin, Sep 2013
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JV with ZhongXin Group to build in Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia, China
Hawk 4 (2000)
SparrowHawk (2003)
Heliplane concept ArrowHawk concept
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CarterCopter Carter PAV
Carter/Textron concept for unmanned cargo and surveillance
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Lockheed Martin/
Piasecki concept
Textron/Carter concept
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Helicopter Mode
Fixed-Wing Mode
Rotor Blades Extended
Blades Retracted
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BART test rig
8-piece disc fairing
Hub and retraction system
Telescoping blades
Balance and upper controls
Fairing frame
12 ft Wind Tunnel Model
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Avicopter Platypus
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Future Possibilities
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Future holds tremendous promise and excitement
AHS is the world’s premier vertical flight technical society
– We provide leadership for the advancement of vertical flight and are
the global resource for information on vertical flight technology
– Help move vertical flight forward!
Many innovative ideas for next generation technologies
– Advances in manufacturing, aerodynamics, analysis, design, etc
– Asia Pacific companies can get involved with technology development
and manufacturing
High speed concepts being studied around the world
– Compounds, tiltrotors, slowed rotors, etc.
AHS works to advance the state-of-the-art –
Get involved!
