helitech - leonardo helicopters division: technology for safety

SAFETY

TECHNOLOGY for

Samuele Tosi

Amsterdam, 13 October 2016

Ergonomics & Human Machine Interface

Dry Run Transmission Capabilities

Design to performance

OGP standards compliance across

different roles

Ergonomics

Ergonomics

What was wrong?

Scattered information

Reduced flexibility

Huge cockpit , interseat consoles, hoverhead consoles

Non-intuitive symbology

Ergonomics

Ergonomics: Visibility and Situation Awareness Cockpit layout designed to provide outstanding external visibility and the best situation awareness

D-Map + HTAWS SVS Fullscreen SVS + HTAWS

The HTAWS displays the aircraft position with respect to the

surrounding terrain and obstacles. TSO-C151 Compliant, 3 arc/sec Terrain database resolution.

Ergonomics: Situational Awareness


The SVS provides a computer-generated 3D representation of the

external environment, i.e. terrain shape, obstacles, runways and helipads. Use same HTAWS Terrain database.


The EVS (LWIR sensor) provides the thermal representation of

the area in front of the aircraft enhancing the vision capability in low visibility conditions (night, haze, smoke, smog, light fog, etc.)

Ergonomics: Obstacle Proximity LiDAR System

OPLS inform the pilots and the crew members about the presence of short range obstacles like rocks, trees and buildings during low speed operations.

Visual and audio guidance is based on aircraft safety margin, computed between obstacle profile and the blades profile.

Obstacle Profile

Safety Margin

Obstacle Profile

Blades Profile

Distance to

Nearest

Obstacle

Ergonomics: Obstacle Warning System - LOAM

Enhance Pilot situational awareness when focused on mission target and increase its reaction time

Increase safety of flight

Detect obstacle on flight path

Helicopter trajectory estimation

(based on NAV data supplied to LOAM)

HMI: Integrated Touchscreen Interface

Lights

Fuel

Ventilation

Circuit Brakers

Mission

Equipment

SATCOM

RADIOS

FMS

The Past:

One panel

for each

equipment

HMI: Integrated Touchscreen Interface

Increased system performance

Enhanced effectiveness of crew interaction

Common interface for the management of the avionic, aircraft and mission systems

The Future: Integrated

Touchscreen interface





different roles

The AW189 can fly in dry run conditions for at least 100 nm, and this distance increases with the reduction of the helicopter weight.

The AW189 certified capacity allows crews to plan diversions in case of dry run condition with the possibility to reach the coast or safer areas for the intervention of rescue teams

Dry Run Capability

33 min DRY RUN 50 min

DRY RUN 60 min DRY RUN

Dry Run Capability





different roles


0,48 0,47 0,49

LHD Helicopters are desinged with inherent power margins which becames a fundamental Raservoir in case of emergency situation

Horse Power / MTOW

Up to 14000


Up to 50°C

Profiles optimized for the mission

Wide Cat A. Operational Envelope





different roles

Fully Compliant with OGP guidelines

Fully compliant with safety requirements and guidelines specified for offshore operations

Late FAR 29 / Enhanced Handling

Simulator Training + CRM/LOFT

Quality & Safety Mgmt. Systems

HUMS

Flight Data Monitoring

Disciplined Take-Off & Landing Profiles

EGPWS/TCAS

HUMS and Vibration Analysis

Enhanced data monitoring of health of the aircraft’s major components and systems

Coming next… On Board Rotor Track & Balance

CONCLUSIONS Modern design and new technologies can make the difference in tough situations

New instruments to enhance situation awareness are already certified and available: require them!

Spreading of safety culture is a must!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

LEONARDO Helicopter reserves the right to make configuration and data changes at any time without notice.

The facts and figures contained in this document are preliminary and do not constitute any contract with LEONARDO.

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