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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2020.21.8.147

A Study for Optimization of Armed Flight Test Ammunition Requirement for the Development of Attack Helicopter  

Lee, Myeong-Seok (Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Hur, Jang-Wook (Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.21, no.8, 2020 , pp. 147-153 More about this Journal
Abstract
Developments in aircraft require safety verification through flight testing for many hours with prototype design and production. The test evaluation step of performing flight tests was an important process that determines the success in the development of the system. In particular, safety development through flight tests in the armed flight test is important for the development of attack helicopters. In the development of attack helicopters, the evaluation period and cost related to the armed flight test are closely related to the required ammunition requirement. Therefore, this paper presents the amount of ammunition required for the military flight test between attack helicopter developments through an analysis of the AH-1 helicopter in a similar case and ADS-44-HDBK of military specification. The AH-1 can be used to calculate the ammunition demand by considering the exclusion of redundant firing tests and configuration differences. In the case of the machine gun-equipped configuration, approximately 10,500R was required, and approximately 324R was required in the case of a rocket-mounted configuration. In addition, if the armed integrated bench is used properly, it is expected to promote efficiently the flight test in the armed flight by identifying the possible risk factors with armed flight tests and excluding them.
Keywords
Attack Helicopter; Flight Test; ADS-44-HDBK; AH-1; Armament; Ammunition;
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