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An Overview of Flight Test Planning and Test Results for the Development of Korean Utility Helicopter

한국형 기동헬기 개발을 위한 비행시험 계획 및 시험결과 개요

  • Received : 2013.02.25
  • Accepted : 2013.05.17
  • Published : 2013.06.05
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Abstract

The objective of this paper is to give a general understanding for the development flight test of Korean Utility Helicopter(KUH). This paper contains the contents of detailed flight test plan, the type of flight test, an introduction to main flight test area, and the overview of flight test results. At the beginning, more than 8,500 test points were identified for airworthiness certification to show the compliance for the KUH development requirements. However, the number of flight test points were optimized to 7,800 at the end. To accomplish the test objectives, about 860 flight test sorties had been performed, and more than 1,000 test sorties were consumed for trouble shooting. This paper also describes some major issues faced during development flight test phase.

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