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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