Forum Proceedings related to the Cicaré 8

8th Australian Pacific Vertiflite Conference and 3rd Asian-Australian Rotorcraft Forum (Melbourne, Australia Dec. 18-19, 2014)
various

A Comparison of Stationary and Non-Stationary Transforms for Early Fault Detection in the OH-58A Main Transmission
Paul D. Samuel, University of Maryland; Darryll J. Pines, University of Maryland; David G. Lewicki, Army Research Laboratory

A Comparison of Stationary and Non-Stationary Transforms for Early Fault Detection in the OH-58A Main Transmission
Paul D. Samuel, University of Maryland; Darryll J. Pines, University of Maryland; David G. Lewicki, Army Research Laboratory

A Critical Re-Examination of the Franklin Institute Rotating Wing Aircraft Meeting of October 28 - 29, 1938: Facts and Myths Surrounding the Foundations of Autogiro/Convertiplane/Helicopter Development in America and Europe
B.H. Charnov, Hofstra University

AHIP: The OH-58D From Conception to Production
F.D. Harris, Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc

AHS Future Vertical Lift Aircraft Design Conference (San Francisco, CA, Jan. 18-20, 2012)
various (25 papers and 8 briefs)

Format: PDF, PPT, movies.

Papers (PDF) are also available individually.

AHS Specialists' Conference on Aeromechanics (San Francisco, CA, Jan. 23-25, 2008)
various (54 papers)

Format: PDFs

An Experimental Comparison of Transmission Vibration Responses from OH-58 and AH-1 Helicopters
Edward M. Huff, NASA Ames Research Center; Irem Y. Tumer, NASA Ames Research Center; Marianne Mosher, NASA Ames Research Center

An Overview of the RQ-8A Fire Scout VTUAV Ground Resonance Stability Validation Program
R.B. Walden, Naval Air Systems Command; R. Common, Northrop Grumman Corporation; H. Hoefferle, Schweizer Aircraft Corporation,

Analysis of U.S. Civil Rotorcraft Accidents Caused by Vehicle Failure or Malfunction, 1998 - 2004
Liu, Lin; Pines, Darryll. J.

Asian/Australian Rotorcraft Forum (Tianjin, China, Sept. 8-11, 2013)
various

Autogiro Company of America vs. the United States No. 50328, 181 Ct. Cl., 384 F.2. 391 (1967) - How the Longest Patent Case in U.S. History Defined the Rotary-Wing Legacy of Harold F. Pitcairn
Bisanz, Matthew

CBM Specialists' Meeting (Huntsville, AL, Feb. 12-13 2008)
various

CFD Analysis of High-Lift Devices on the SC-1094R8 Airfoil
EUI SUNG BAE, The Pennsylvania State University; Farhan Gandhi, The Pennsylvania State University

Commercial CT7-8 Engine for Military Applications
M. Hughes, General Electric Aircraft Engines

Commercial Operations and Support Savings Initiative for the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior
Kuck, Kristopher

Composite Wing Technology on the AV-8B Advanced Aircraft
Riley, B. L., McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Continuous Logistics Engineering for the WAH-64: Fulfilling the Promise of 1388-2B
Michael Case, The Boeing Company

Control System Development and Flight Test Experience with the MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Take-Off Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV)
Besachio, Adam; Burger, Frederick; Downs, James; Ivler, Christina; Mansur, M.; Prentice, Ronald; Tischler, Mark

Design of a Flow Diverting Device for OH-58A+ Helicopters
Lewis, William D.; Mulnick, Matthew P.

Development and Validation of the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior High Fidelity Flight Simulation Model
S. Sarathy, Jerry Higman, Georgia Institute of Technology

Development of a Fatigue Life Management System for Dynamic Components on the OH-58D Kiowa
Brian Tucker, Joshua Mochache, Ronald Hobbs, Rebecca Yu, Bell Helicopter Textron and Terry Baker, U. S. Army Aviation Engineering Directorate

Engineering Analysis of Nicolas Florine's Helicopters (1926-1938)
Leishman, J. Gordon

Environmental Development U.S. Army OH-58A Light Observation Helicopter
Myron M. Kawa, Bell Helicopter Company

Experimental Analysis of Mast Lifting and Bending Forces on Vibration Patterns Before and After Pinion Reinstallation in an OH-58 Transmission Test Rig
Edward M. Huff, NASA Ames Research Center; Irem Y. Tumer, NASA Ames Research Center; Eric Barszcz, NASA Ames Research Center; David G. Lewicki, NASA Ames Research Center; Harry Decker, NASA Ames Research Center; James J. Zakrajsek, NASA Ames Research Center

Experimental Design of a 38% Scale OH-58F Kiowa Warrior Wind Tunnel Test Model
Joshua Ballard, Jacobs Technology, Inc., Philip Tanner and Preston Martin, U.S. Army Aviation Development Directorate

Firescout MQ-8C Growth Capabilities for Warfighter Flexibility
Charles Shepard, Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Terry Parisher, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Firescout MQ-8C Growth Capabilities for Warfighter Flexibility
Charles Shepard, Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Terry Parisher, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Flight Testing Flow Diverting Devices on an OH-58A+ for Applications to an MH-6 Helicopter
Lewis, William D.; McDougall, Kelly E.

Forum 58 Proceedings CD - Montreal, QC 2002
various

Forum 68 Proceedings CD - Fort Worth, TX 2012
various

Forum 68 Special Sessions Briefings CD - Fort Worth, TX 2012
various

General Electric T58 in Service Operation
Coulman Westcot, Jr.

H-46/T58 Program (PMA-226) Brief
LtCol Paul M Riegert, USMC

H-46/T58 Program (PMA-226) Brief
LtCol Paul M Riegert, USMC

Improved Handling Qualities for the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior in the Degraded Visual Environment
Tom Berger, University Affiliated Research Center; Mark Tischler, AFDD; Chris Blanken, AFDD; Brian Fujizawa, AFDD; Jeffrey Harding, Harding Consulting, Inc; Christopher Borden, AED; Larry Cothren, AFTD; James Wright, AFTD; David Arterburn, Kiowa Warrior PMO; Matthew Pfrommer, Kiowa Warrior PMO

Investigating Tiltrotor Formation Flight Via 1/48-Scale Wind Tunnel Experiment
Ethan Romander, Mark Betzina, NASA; Mark Silva, NAVAIR; Alan Wadcock, Fluid Mechanics Institute

Investigation Of A Slotted Rotorcraft Airfoil At Mach Numbers From 0.20 To 0.88 At Full-Scale Reynolds Numbers
Kevin W. Noonan, Dennis O. Allison, and Sharon Stanaway, NASA

Maurice Léger's Electric Helicopter (1905), the Berliner/Williams Helicopter (1907), the PZK 1 and PZK 2 Helicopters (1917-1918) and the de Bothezat Helicopter (1922): The Facts and Fictions Surrounding Four (Justifiably?) Dubious Rotary-Wing Firsts
Bruce Charnov, Hofstra Universtiy

MBB's BO 108 Design and Development
H.B. Huber and C. Schick, MBB

Mi-28N Helicopter - Most Essential Design Providing Its Flight Performance
Mikhail G. Rozhdestvensky, Mil Helicopter Plant; Alexandre P. Vaintrub, Mil Helicopter Plant; Valery A. Ivchin, Mil Helicopter Plant

MQ-8 Fire Scout
Terry Parisher, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Lift UAS Operations in Afghanistan
Terry Parisher, Northrop Grumman

Next Generation Vertical Lift Technologies (Dallas, TX, Oct. 15-17 2008)
various

Observations On Helicopter Integrated System Testing Based On F/A-18 Experiences
William E. McClure, McDonnell Aircraft Company

OH-58 Block II Control Law Upgrades
Shyhpyng Shue and Eric Carlson and John Schillings and Mike Bothwell, Bell Helicopter

OH-58 Tailboom Damage Detection Study
Stephen Conlon, Samuel Evans, Edward Smith, Peter Romano and Andrew Barnard, The Pennsylvania State University

OH-58D Pylon Side Beam Life Using Usage Loads Monitoring vs Traditional Lifing Methodology
Chris Hodges, Katherine Troncalli, Theresa Kinney, and Christopher Lyman, U.S. Army

OH-58D Tail Boom Crack Detection System
Amrita Kumar, David Zhang, Franklin Li, Shawn Beard, Howard Chung, Patrick Pollock, Sang Jun Lee, Mark Pappakostas, Roy Ikegami, Acellent Technologies, Inc.; Nathaniel Bordick, AATD; Chris Hodges, ASH PMO

OH-58D Tail Boom Crack Detection System
Amrita Kumar, David Zhang, Franklin Li, Shawn Beard, Howard Chung, Patrick Pollock, Sang Jun Lee, Mark Pappakostas, Roy Ikegami, Acellent Technologies, Inc.; Nathaniel Bordick, AATD; Chris Hodges, ASH PMO

OH-58D(I) Kiowa Warrior Transient Powertrain Speed Characteristics Test In the Frequency Domain
Major Jeffrey N. Williams and CW3 Jacob M. Howard, U.S. Army Aviation Technical Test Center, Jay W. Fletcher, NASA Ames Research Center

Optimization of MQ-8 (Fire Scout) UAS Launch and Recovery Performance
Ajay Sehgal, Wyle Laboratories, Inc.; Bernard Ferrier, Hoffman Engineering Corp; Robert Ernst, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

Optimized Repair Design: USAF HH-60G FS 308 Frame
Gregory Wood, MERC (Mercer Engineering Research Center); Brian Harper, MERC (Mercer Engineering Research Center)

Procedures Used to Ensure Strength, Endurance and Damage Tolerance of Mil Helicopter Fuselages (Mi-26, Mi-28, etc.)
Z. E. Shnurov, Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant

Re-Evaluation of OH-58D Dynamic Component Lives When Incorporating a Revised Usage Spectrum
Bullock, John; Parker, Staci

Results of the Reliability and Maintainability Demonstration of the OH-58A Light Observation Helicopter
J. A. Gean, J. H. Ringgold, Bell Helicopter

Specialists' Meeting on Unmanned Rotorcraft: Design, Control & Testing (Chandler, AZ, Jan. 18-20 2005)
various

Sun Gear Fault Detection on an OH-58C Helicopter Transmission
Adrian Hood and Darryll Pines, University of Maryland

The Limitations of Military Standard (MIL-STD)-188-141A Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) in the Army Aviation Environment
CW3 Dan M. Wells, U.S. Army

The Man Who Beat Amelia Earhart: The Fabulous Aviation Life of John McDonald Miller (1905 –— 2008)
Bruce Charnov, Hofstra University

The Marine's AV-8B: Why and How?
M.D. Ryan, U.S. Marine Corps

The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior: The Spirit of the Cavalry and The Enemy's Worst Nightmare
COL Ted D. Cordrey and CPT Robert M. (Mike) Cumbie, U.S. Army

The T58: A New Heritage for Helicopter Powerplants
Harold T. Hokanson

US and Russian Helicopter Development In The 20th Century: 1908-2000
Mike Hirschberg ANSER, Inc.

Vertical Flight Infrastructure Workshop (Carmel, CA, Jan. 27-28 2004)
various

Vibration Measurements of an OH-58D Helicopter Planetary Gear Under Operating Conditions
Ericson, Tristan; Parker, Robert

Weaponization Challenges for the MQ-8B VTUAV (Fire Scout) System
Thomas Mellies, Jeremy Moore and Ernest Tavares, NAVAIR and Ajay Sehgal, Wyle Aerospace Group

YMQ-18A (A160) Unmanned Rotorcraft Deployment Demonstrations and Transition to Production
Paul Rozman and Brad Gupta, Boeing