Yan Christian Venot and Peter Kielhorn, EADS Defence & Security

A Dual-mode Sensor Solution for Safe Helicopter Landing and Flight Assistance

Helicopters are in danger of suffering damage, collision or crashes when taking off and landing in brown-out/white-out conditions. This article provides an overview of how new developments in radar and laser technology and particularly sensor fusion ca...

January 17, 2008

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During take off and landing flight phases, helicopters can encounter serious brown-out or white-out problems in dusty, sandy or snowy areas as the downwash of the rotor blades creates dust clouds that can completely engulf the helicopter. This is graphically illustrated in Figure 1 . During landing in particular,...

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