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>> Great next will be Brian Everly speaking on falling with style automation and pilot queuing during all rotation maneuvers what happens to a helicopter after it loses its engine is it just plummet from the sky and smash into the ground a lot of people think so but I'm here to tell you that helicopter pilots aren't quite that crazy the phenomenon of autorotation keeps the rotor spinning without an engine and allows the vehicle to glide to a safe landing much like an airplane this is called an auto rotation maneuver and looks like that figure in the lower left as you can imagine the consequences of a poorly performing mover can be catastrophic and since nearly a 3rd of the helicopter accidents involve autorotation improving their safety can have a profound impact the goal of my thesis is to do just this the approach I'm taking can be broken into 2 segments 1st I want to use automation to enable on manned helicopters to autorotate safely 2nd I want to generate visual cues that will help human pilots perform the maneuver better let's focus on the automation part 1st it won't be long before unmanned helicopters are flying overhead all around the world who knows maybe soon you'll be commuting to work in a pilotless helicopter rather than being stuck in traffic on I 75 these are the unmanned helicopters won't be safe unless they can autorotate autonomous Lee typical autopilot don't work during autorotation because the rotor doesn't spin at a constant rate like it does and powered flight I've been able to show through simulation that my controller is not only able to land the vehicle gently but it's able to do so without letting the rotor spin dangerously fast or slow as it does so like a typical autopilot would this isn't necessary capability for unmanned helicopters and hasn't really been addressed adequately in till now.

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The 2nd aspect of my thesis focuses on helping human pilots perform the maneuver better I'll do this by projecting on the cockpit wind shield the couple landing locations as the vehicle to sense the pilot's view will look something like this figure on the right my partners at the University of Liverpool implemented this display in their full motion helicopter simulator and they brought a pilot in to test it out the pilot said it was very helpful during his landing point decision process it helped him do it faster and more effectively that's really good feedback coming from a highly trained pilot who knows maybe we'll see these in helicopter cockpits everywhere my thesis aims to increase the safety of manned and unmanned helicopters through automation and pilot queuing during autorotation maneuvers you can't quite call it flying but you'll be able to call it falling with style Thank you thank.

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