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transitioning

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I'm a taken chief of the rotorcraft

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empowered lift branch at NASA Ames

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Research Center my branch is responsible

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for the development of a new research

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aircraft that aims known as a v/stol

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systems research aircraft or v sra it's

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whole purpose in being is to is to

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demonstrate aims develop technology in

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both the flight control and cockpit

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systems for a new breed of advanced

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short takeoff and vertical landing

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aircraft we're currently beginning a

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series of demonstration flights for both

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visiting military and industry test

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pilots to expose them to the technology

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being developed at Ames specifically the

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flight control system control modes and

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the head-up display formats that are

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being developed to help extend the

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operational capability of this type of

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aircraft as well as to improve the

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safety of flight what we have done is to

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implement a programmable fly-by-wire

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flight control system on the aircraft on

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the VSR a together with a head-up

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display with a programmable set of

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symbology which will allow us to expose

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these visiting pilots to this to a wide

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spectrum of possibilities and control

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modes that have been developed at Ames

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using the ground simulation facilities

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the intention then is to perform

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evaluation flights formal evaluation

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flights using these visiting test pilots

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and simulating a situation where they

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are making a an approach and landing to

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a small ship at sea or to a confined

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area on land in the great weather

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conditions in poor weather conditions

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poor visibility conditions and for the

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shipboard situation a very high sea

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State this is a is a particularly

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difficult area for this type of error

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craft because as the aircraft as this

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short takeoff and vertical landing

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aircraft slows down it depends more and

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more on the propulsion system for its

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own stability and control and less and

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less on the aerodynamics of the of the

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vehicle the the detail design of the

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propulsion system is extremely important

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and the way it affects the pilots

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ability to control the aircraft so we've

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developed systems that are appropriate

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for this type of aircraft and display

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formats which allow the pilot to have

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basically a status at a glance when

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looking out the looking out the window

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at a at a dark and stormy night he has

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some symbology sitting in front of his

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eyes that will help him perform the task

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that we've defined we are our primary

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role here at Ames is to generate the

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design criteria for these integrated

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flight and propulsion control systems

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for the short takeoff and vertical

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landing aircraft and the technique that

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we use to generate credible criteria is

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to use to employ flight validation of

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those of those criteria specifically the

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formal evaluations in the v/stol systems

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research aircraft we intend to have

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pilots from the marine corps major

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aerospace companies and and also

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visiting pilots from the united kingdom

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who fly that who fly the harrier and

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that will be done through the end of

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this calendar year through december and

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upon completion of that flight program a

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final report will be put together