• Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.18-25
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• 2007

The safety should be primarily considered for air vehicle, such as helicopter, which is not easy to cope with when out of order or loss of control that followed catastrophe. The U.S National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigated and analyzed for 34 years rotorcraft accidents that occurred from 1963 through 1997. This paper handles intensively the relative investigation and analysis of recent 10 years domestic civil helicopter accidents to those of the United States in order to increase the safety of helicopter transportation and to consider the main design parameter before we develop Korean Civil Helicopter. To understand the overview of civil turbine helicopter accident, it uses the NTSB's accident investigation results and the overall accident trend for U.S civil single and twin turbine engine helicopter according to category, cause, activity, and phase of operation.

• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.32-42
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• 2009

Required system and technology for the civil helicopter and the military helicopter are almost similar. A lot of mount helicopters are converted from military to civil, or converted oppositely, or new developed considering civil-military dual use in order to reduce development cost and period. In the case of converting the military to the civil, the military helicopters are developed based on sufficient requiring amount following conversion to the civil helicopters with minor modification. This paper presents the investigation and the analysis for the case and the approach of dual use helicopter development from military helicopters to civil helicopters.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.34-40
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• 2014

Since the global economic crisis in year 2008, the world civil helicopter market has been growing recently. According to the market outlook in the next decade, the demand of civil helicopter will be driven by the demand of Private & Corporate, Oil & Gas, Off-shore and EMS(Emergency Medical Service) usages. On the other side, the demand of military market will be driven by the modification and upgrading for life extension or performance enhancement than the new helicopter development for replacing old models. To summarize these situations, the demand of MRO(Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) market has also been on the rise because of the demand due to above several usages in civil side and the life-extension in military side. Through the MRO market analysis for characteristics, developmental trends and a supply chain, this paper describes that the potential of MRO business is considerably large as a propulsive power of domestic helicopter industry. And also, it proposes the construction direction of MRO network because the domestic industry must make the developmental awareness and reliability a stepping-stone towards own helicopter.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.45-52
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• 2015

This research analyzed synthetically the characteristic of forest helicopter, fire helicopter, civil helicopter and deployment assets are in operated in forest fire places of our country. Looking at arrangement of helicopter, Chung-buk, Jeonnam has a number of outbreak a forest fire rather than others but it is weak of initial fire attack by a gap of helicopter arrangement. Geong-gi has many helicopter while it is a relatively few outbreak of a helicopter. According to this, We read to consider that Gang-won need to rent more a helicopters and civil helicopter in each weak areas by government expense. In addition Dae-jeon, Chung-buk and Jeon-nam need arrangement of helicopter after secure rental budget. Especially, Dae-jeon need to consider opening base of fire helicopter.

• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.104-111
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• 2010

This paper deals with the world civil helicopter market scope, world market analysis based on the operating fleet ages, preconditions for market entry, and market forecast which are necessary for Korean industry to enter into world market. According to the analysis, the heavy single class demand is rapidly declined. The demand is moving toward the heavier class than that operated now. Korean industry had better have strategic positioning to heavy twin and light medium twin classes. A considerable amount of Korean civil helicopter based on Surion can be sold if there are appropriate efforts for price, specification, marketing strategy and so on.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.798-803
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• 2013

In this paper, the activities of North America to enhance the flight safety of helicopter were introduced. In North America, by 2009, 49% of worldwide civil helicopters are in operation. The development trends of North America to enhance the flight safety of helicopter are expected to have a significant impact to the other helicopter operating areas. The analysis of the case of Gulf of Mexico where large fleet of Helicopter in operations, FAA's NextGen program, and the Canadian plan to comply with the ICAO's Aviation System Block Upgrades plan shows the direction of helicopter avionic development for enhancing the flight safety of helicopter.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.41 no.9
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• pp.726-733
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• 2013

The rotor blade of helicopter is the core component determining helicopter performance and requiring low noise and low vibration because the blade becomes the major source of noise during flight. The performance analysis of candidates rotor blades is very critical because LCH(Light Civil Helicopter) will be developed parallel with LAH(Light Armed Helicopter) as an international upgrade program based on the existing platform of foreign civil helicopter. This research was aimed to recognize the performance of the candidates rotor blades compared with the newly developed foreign rotor blades and to investigate the feasibility about developing korea unique shape rotor blades by analysis the rotor performance and noise. The result of this research can be used for the target performance index during negotiation with foreign helicopter company and developing korea unique shape rotor blades.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.48-64
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• 2024

This study established a marketing strategy for the KAI Light Civil Helicopter (LCH) market by applying a Brand Asset Valuator (BAV) model to the LCH project currently underway by Korea Aerospace industries (KAI). Through literature reviews, the global scale of LCH projects and the development status of KAI LCH were identified. Subsequently, four sub-items from the BAV model were applied, and an expert survey was conducted. The primary data underwent an analysis process following the completion of the validity and reliability verification stage. The analysis revealed that the highest value was in the knowledge indicator, while the lowest value was in differentiation. The analysis confirmed KAI LCH's position on the BAV Power gird, indication that brand vitality, particularly differentiation, was lower than brand knowledge. Accordingly, this study finally presents a new marketing strategy to enhance the brand vitality of KAI LCH.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.46 no.8
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• pp.671-678
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• 2018

Helicopter noise prediction is an essential process for developing low noise helicopter technology. In this paper, the noise prediction method is developed using the helicopter integrated performance analysis program CAMRAD-II and in-house noise analysis code. In addition, the analytical technique was verified by analyzing blade-vortex interaction noise, which is the biggest cause of helicopter noise. In order to predict the actual helicopter noise, the noise analysis was performed for the flyover and approach condition, which is the standard measurement condition of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Finally, we confirmed the suitability of the analytical method through comparison and analysis with the flight test results.

• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.133-142
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• 2008

We study the possibility of entering into helicopter market with respect to demand, industry structure and infrastructure. In conclusion, it is possible to enter into it based on domestic demand if we complement some technology, financial assistance system and helicopter operation related regulation. Strategy is made for helicopter industry to be a growth driver and then we suggest five projects to carry out it. Those are lasting creation of helicopter demand, possession of core part material and competitive technology, construction of airworthiness certification system and infrastructure for activation of helicopter operation, improvement of financial assistance system and finally strengthening policy modulation between civil, army, and government.