Helicopter Roll-Axis Instabilities induced by Pilot Cyclic Control

Title

Helicopter Roll-Axis Instabilities induced by Pilot Cyclic Control: A Physical Explanation

 Author

Pavel, M.D. (TU Delft Control & Simulation) ORCID 0000-0002-0943-4898
Ionita, A (National Institute of Aerospace Research “ELIE CARAFOLI” - INCAS)

Date

2018

 Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to give a basic understanding of the mechanisms through which pilot cyclic inputs in lateral cyclic interacts with high-order rotor dynamics destabilizing the helicopter roll motion. The paper will use a “Newtonian formulation” representing the main forces acting on the airframe body-rotor system as the pilot applies his/her control. It will be demonstrated that pilot lateral controls applied through his/her arm (which may involve also pilot biodynamics, i.e. the dynamics of pilot neuromuscular inputs and contraction dynamics of his/her muscles) may excite much higher-order frequency rotor dynamics than thought at the present.

 Subject

Helicopter
Pilot Assisted Oscillations
Rotorcraft Pilot Couplings
Lead-lag mode
Rotor dynamics

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 DOI

https://doi.org/10.13111/2066-8201.2018.10.3.12

 ISSN

2066-8201

 Source

INCAS Bulletin, 10 (3), 139-156

 Event

6th CEAS Air and Space Conference, 2017-10-16 → 2017-10-20, Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

journal article

 Rights

© 2018 M.D. Pavel, A Ionita
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