25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-8.1.1
FLEET USAGE MONITORING IS ESSENTIAL IN IMPROVING AGING U.S. ARMY HELICOPTER RELIABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY
D. J. White, R. E. Vaughan*
Avion, Inc., USA; *U.S. Army Aviation Engineering Directorate, USA
Keywords: regimerecognition,fatiguedamageaccumulation
The amount of time each helicopter is exposed to damaging flight regimes, duty cycles, and operational environments will be recorded, evaluated, and correlated with a reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) trend database. Predictive tools will use the correlated information to identify opportunities to improve aircraft operations, maintenance, and logistical planning.
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