{"id":32967,"date":"2016-12-26T23:32:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T07:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/realistic-training-for-extreme-flight-conditions"},"modified":"2017-06-04T08:27:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T15:27:35","slug":"realistic-training-for-extreme-flight-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/realistic-training-for-extreme-flight-conditions","title":{"rendered":"Realistic training for extreme flight conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/realistic-training-for-extreme-flight-conditions.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Missions at sea, in mountainous regions or close to skyscrapers are extremely risky for helicopter pilots. The turbulent air flows near oil rigs, ships, cliffs and tall buildings can throw a helicopter off balance and cause a crash. To provide pilots with optimal preparation for these challenging conditions, engineers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are developing new simulation software.<\/p>\n<p>Providing helicopter pilots with the best possible preparation for extreme situations: That is the goal of the new simulation software being developed by researchers working at TUM\u2019s Chair of Helicopter Technology. For the first time, real-time computational analysis will be implemented for both fluid mechanics and flight dynamics. \u201cUntil now, flight simulators have not adequately reflected the reality of flying in close proximity to large objects,\u201d says Dr. Juergen Rauleder. \u201cThe problem is that, when it comes to wind conditions and the response of the helicopter, existing programs follow a rigid pattern. That means that local variations and changing conditions are not taken into account \u2014 unless the entire flow environment is known in advance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it is the unforeseen air flows that can be the most treacherous: For example, a moving ship causes air turbulence and sudden local shifts in wind speed known by specialists as \u201cship airwake flow\u201d. It changes continually through wave action and fluctuating inflow conditions. In addition, turbulence occurs near the deck, the bridge and other ship structures. As a helicopter approaches the ship, there is interference between these air currents and the flow produced by the rotors. Conditions near a mountain slope or next to high buildings are similarly complicated. In all of these cases, the helicopter\u2019s flight characteristics are influenced by complex and overlapping aerodynamic effects.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2016-12\/tuom-rtf122116.php\">https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2016&#45;12\/tuom-rtf122116.php<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missions at sea, in mountainous regions or close to skyscrapers are extremely risky for helicopter pilots. The turbulent air flows near oil rigs, ships, cliffs and tall buildings can throw a helicopter off balance and cause a crash. To provide pilots with optimal preparation for these challenging conditions, engineers at the Technical University of Munich [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59350,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32967\/revisions\/59350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}