{"id":262983,"date":"2018-07-30T19:54:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T23:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-429407"},"modified":"2024-03-07T15:43:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T20:43:45","slug":"rotorcraft-agility-testing-at-the-vertical-motion-simulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/air-traffic-solutions\/rotorcraft-agility-testing-at-the-vertical-motion-simulator\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotorcraft Agility Testing at the Vertical Motion Simulator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Out-the-window view of rotorcraft simulated on the Vertical Motion Simulator. Includes view of avionics.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg 6048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Out-the-window view during rotorcraft agility testing at the Vertical Motion Simulator<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">US Army<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>The unique capabilities of the Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS) were utilized for\u00a0testing new Future Vertical Lift (FVL) designs. Learn more about the VMS: <a href=\"\/simlabs\/vms\/\">Vertical Motion Simulator\u00a0at NASA Ames Research Center<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost 45 years ago, the workhorse of the United States Army, the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, took its first flight and has been in service since. With over 50 variations, the Black Hawk has proven to be perhaps the most well-rounded rotorcraft vehicle in history and its flexibility enabled the platform to remain technologically competitive over the years. The AH-64 Apache and CH-47 Chinook follow similar narratives, however over five-plus decades since the inception of these aircraft, considerable advances in airframe designs resulting in higher aerodynamic efficiency, range, speed, and adaptability has made it difficult for these Cold War era platforms to compete with 21st century Future Vertical Lift (FVL) designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Ames Research Center\u2019s Aviation Systems Division collaborated with the U.S. Army\u2019s Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) and the U.S. Army\u2019s Training and Doctrine Command\u2019s (TRADOC) FVL Operational Concept Team (OCT) to explore how FVL en-route speeds and long-range requirements affect low speed maneuverability and agility. The investigation focused on two FVL aircraft, a coaxial design and a tiltrotor design, to compare with the conventional UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beginning in mid-February 2018, a six-week simulation was conducted at the NASA Ames Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS) utilizing these two new FVL aircraft math models in addition to a conventional UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as a baseline. The handling qualities of all three aircraft, flying precision tasks, were investigated the first two weeks. In the remaining weeks, the three aircraft flew operationally relevant full mission tasks in simulation. A total of 24 pilots, from four branches of the military, flew a total of 1825 data runs over the six-week period that will be used to evaluate the performance capability of each design. 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Learn more about the VMS: Vertical Motion Simulator\u00a0at NASA Ames Research Center.\u00a0 Almost 45 years ago, the workhorse of the United States Army, the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, took its first flight and has been in service [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":269045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2824],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[12329],"coauthors":[11740,10420],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Rotorcraft Agility Testing at the Vertical Motion Simulator","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/air-traffic-solutions\/rotorcraft-agility-testing-at-the-vertical-motion-simulator\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/air-traffic-solutions\/rotorcraft-agility-testing-at-the-vertical-motion-simulator\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg"},"articleSection":"Aeronautics","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sumedha Garud-Barna"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Victoriana Delossantos"}],"creator":["Sumedha Garud-Barna","Victoriana Delossantos"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["Aeronautics","Air Traffic Solutions"],"dateCreated":"2018-07-30T23:54:00Z","datePublished":"2018-07-30T23:54:00Z","dateModified":"2024-03-07T20:43:45Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Rotorcraft Agility Testing at the Vertical Motion Simulator\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/air-traffic-solutions\/rotorcraft-agility-testing-at-the-vertical-motion-simulator\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2018-07-30T23:54:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Aeronautics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"Aeronautics,Air Traffic Solutions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Sumedha Garud-Barna\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Victoriana Delossantos\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":2,"time_ago":"6 years","featured_image":{"id":269045,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/acd18-0045-012_copy.jpg","title":"Future Vertical Lift Rotorcraft (VMS)","alt":"Out-the-window view of rotorcraft simulated on the Vertical Motion Simulator. 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