Black Hawk: The Story of a World Class Helicopter
Black Hawk: The Story of a World Class Helicopter
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黑鹰：世界级直升机的故事
DOI：
10.2514/4.868856
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发表时间：
2007
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
R. D. Leoni
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作者：
R. D. Leoni
这个故事清楚详细地讲述了西科斯基飞机是如何开发、测试、改装和生产世界上最成功的直升机之一的。由被认为是黑鹰之父的雷·莱昂尼撰写，讲述了西科斯基如何利用创新的设计和正确的先进技术来满足陆军对飞机性能、生存能力和可靠性的严格要求。凭借其创造性的黑鹰设计，西科斯基赢得了一场艰苦而激烈的战斗，赢得了世界上最大的直升机项目之一，重新确立了该公司作为世界直升机生产商社区的领导者的地位。黑鹰的变种已经被美国军方的每个军种以及世界上超过24个国家投入使用，累计飞行时间超过500万小时。通过在格拉纳达、巴拿马、索马里、阿富汗和伊拉克的战斗中服役，黑鹰展示了前所未有的任务多功能性和生存能力，并证明了自己是一台出色的战斗机器，将服役半个世纪或更长时间。秉承伊戈尔·西科斯基的最好传统和愿景，黑鹰在世界范围内执行救援和人道主义任务，拯救无数人的生命，并为全球成千上万的人提供自然灾害和人为灾难的救济。陆军项目始于1972年，向美国直升机行业发出了关于通用战术运输机系统的建议书。波音公司和西科斯基公司都获得了设计和制造黑鹰原型的合同，用于陆军的并行评估。这些奖项引发了两家公司之间长达4年的激烈竞争，最终在1976年入选制作公司。那次竞赛的重点是开发最好的直升机，供陆军在经过7个月的飞行评估后进行生产选择。在这一关键的评估中，西科斯基的三架原型飞机中的一架在夜间发生了坠毁，机上有14名陆军人员。这本书展示了坠毁的原因和结果，并描述了其后果如何实际上加强了西科斯基的竞争地位。它还相当详细地描述了西科斯基在原型开发过程中遇到的振动、速度性能、机动性和操纵质量方面的问题，以及如何及时解决这些问题以获得生产奖。许多对黑鹰计划的成功负有责任的关键人物贯穿了整本书。读者将受益于本书中提出的对直升机发展挑战的独特见解以及成功的管理战略。
This story tells, in clear detail, how Sikorsky Aircraft developed, tested, modified, and produced one of the most successful helicopters in the world. Written by the man considered to be the father of the Black Hawk, Ray Leoni explains how Sikorsky used innovative designs with the right advanced technologies to meet the Army's stringent specifications for aircraft performance, survivability and reliability. With its creative Black Hawk design, Sikorsky won an uphill, highly-contested battle for one of the world's largest helicopter programs which reestablished the company as a leader in the world community of helicopter producers.Black Hawk variants have been put in service by every branch of the US Military and by over 24 countries around the world accumulating over 5 million flight hours. Through its combat service in the campaigns of Granada, Panama, Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq, the Black Hawk has demonstrated unprecedented mission versatility and survivability and proven itself to be an outstanding war-fighting machine that will serve for a half century or longer. In the best tradition and vision of Igor Sikorsky, Black Hawks are performing world-wide rescue and humanitarian missions saving countless lives and providing relief from natural and manmade disasters to thousands of people across the globe.The Army program began in 1972 with the issuance of Requests for Proposals for the Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System to the U.S. helicopter industry. Both Boeing Vertol and Sikorsky were awarded contracts to design and build prototype Black Hawks for Army side-by-side evaluation. Those awards set off an intense 4-year competition between the two companies that culminated in the final production selection in 1976. That competition focused on developing the best possible helicopter to offer for production selection by the Army following a 7-month fly off evaluation. During this critical evaluation, a night-time crash occurred of one of Sikorsky's three prototypes with 14 Army personnel aboard.This book shows the cause and results of that crash and describes how its consequences actually strengthened Sikorsky's competitive position. It also describes in considerable technical detail the problems encountered by Sikorsky during prototype development in vibration, speed performance, maneuverability and handling qualities and how they were solved in time for the production award. Many of the key people responsible for the success of the Black Hawk program are identified throughout this book. Readers will benefit from the unique insights into the challenges of helicopter development as well as successful management strategies presented in this book.