Rotorcraft Certification by Simulation and Analysis

Stefan van’t Hoff is Principal R&D Engineer and Leads the Vertical Flight team at NLR, the Netherlands. Philipp Hofmeister is a R&D Engineer at the Institute of Flight Systems – Rotorcraft Department at DLR, Germany. Linghai Lu is Senior Lecturer in Flight Dynamics and Simulation at Cranfield University, UK. Gareth D. Padfield is Emeritus Professor of Aerospace Engineering at The University of Liverpool, UK. He is the Book lead editor. Giuseppe Quaranta is Professor of Aeroservoelasticity, and Deputy Head at the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology of Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He was the RoCS project lead. Mark White is Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Head of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Liverpool.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Structure of the RCbS Process.- 3. Developing the RCbS Project Management Plan (Phase 0).- 4. Requirements Capture and Build (Phase 1).- 5. Rotorcraft Flight Modelling and Simulation.- 6. Flight Simulation Model Development (Phase 2a).- 7. Flight Simulator Development (Phase 2b).- 8. Flight Test Measurements for FSM/FS Development (Phase 2c).- 9. Credibility Assessment and Certification Activity (Phase 3).- 10. Resourcing the RCbS Process.- 11. Guidance for Selected ACRs within the Certification Specifications.- 12. Case Study 1: CS-27/29 Low Speed Controllability and Manoeuvrability.- 13. Case Study 2: CS 29/27 Category A Confined Area Rejected Take-off.- 14. Case Study 3.- 15. Finale and Potential Routes to the Adoption of RCbS.