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uprising just a day after a brutal crackdown our rally attesting at against corruption. the cream of russia's aviation free access technology update showcases high tech helicopter innovation. too to. much . hello and welcome to technology update this month marks the fourth any with family of the international helicopter industry here in moscow it's a chance for companies to show off innovative concept big business minute by bird and for us to find out what's changing in the world of russia and china. this year's show was the biggest bash yet raising the high standards set in years past the capital cities group has exposed over one hundred sixty companies that

manufacture design fly sell and supply helicopters in their parts from sixteen countries not to be outdone by some of the most popular european american models flown out of the show virtually every russian company involved in chopper construction was on hand for industry insiders it's a place to exchange ideas business cards and maybe even bank account numbers to nail down the kinds of sales in contracts everyone came looking for russia is a playground where the machines we mostly sure overhead comes down to earth from teetering with twenty models to trying out flight simulators to investigating new avionics outputs high flying technology was all within reach i took a rain check on a ride in the farcical one see chiron concert from but only as opting instead for an expert's connect tour of the latest russian b.i.g. can. play pilot for a few new friends only to find out that actual keys to the sleek swiss business class air taxi are just

a bit out of my price range no amount of wheeling and dealing would get my editors to shell out the rubles to fly home in a new technology of the chopper. hello rush is full of new models new joint ventures and newcomers to both domestic and international markets they can even be said for the massive conglomerate russian helicopters on the scene for less than half a decade but among its many daughter companies because on a helicopter factory is one place where innovative ideas have long been taking flight. the images on. complex has long been the main production site of the most prolific helicopter in history the m.i. eight gets its time to long for a scenic flight during our visit where test pilots showed off not just that picturesque a sodger russian monasteries but the agility is made to m.i.a. and it's in my seventeen export version the workhorse of helicopter fleets no world over. the way it's a full scale modernization program is underway for the m i u seventeen v five the

latest generation of best selling helicopters. it will see the addition of a number of functions upgraded flight deck equipment improved technical specs and performance we played an important role in this program. but you don't know we just . knew in my seventeen modifications and to phase flexibility of their predecessors over eleven thousand of which have been produced over close to half a century and even before this family took flight because on plan helped launch the first ever serial production of soviet helicopters the first flock of flying machines was dubbed am i born after designer mikhail meal winning the approval of joseph stalin with the great fanfare at the nine hundred fifty one to sion air show the much heralded helicopters were assigned because on the production like the helicopters themselves the assembly lines are undergoing a modern make over increase quality and efficiency a swashplate frame is

a crucial part of the mechanics of helicopter universe ability and the old line support i just read three months of labor poor new equipment that's now in place fresh frames take roughly a week the entire swashplate assembly totals over a dozen parts screws disks ball bearings and linkages the quality of which cannot be compromised without damaging overall aerodynamics that same rule applies to each of the hundreds of moving parts that make up the modern helicopter so overhauling equipment is more than cosmetic not every component is for a new aircraft you're pumping out the inevitable. replacements as well as new improved parts to service the hundreds of customers still operating their earlier models in some eighty countries well that's certainly good business the factory has recently bridge down in the even bigger endeavors. when you're more new we reached a point where we realized the need to expand our product range of near pad to our line of helicopters the choice of the new helicopters size was no accident. market

analysis showed the demand was most intense in the medium class helicopter segment those with a maximum takeoff weight in the three to three and a half hours and kilo range. there was an element of risk involved since the concern helicopter plant has practically no prior experience of designing its own helicopters at that time. but in one nine hundred ninety seven because then helicopter factory joined the club of russian designers just like any new project there were a string of obstacles to overcome turning the design into reality nonetheless those difficulties were resolved and one after the other and in late two thousand and four a new and sat received its transport helicopter certification. not only was the ansett the first ground of design experience for the kids on helicopter plane it was also the first start to finish russian aviation project after the break up of

the soviet union in a period where numerous quality concepts in the field were shelled and delayed the end sat down through prototype and test production at an impressive pace the basic layout of the new bird is exactly its genius because on design bureau had a history of russian helicopters they could be adapted for a broad spectrum of potential uses at their back they simply pushed a new young charted waters and a highly desirable lighter load meet in hit a jackpot. the comfort of the name and sad comes from a tired old word that describes the design concept it means. convenient these days it's common to talk about the products price quality ratio and if. we wanted to make this indicator as close as possible to the ideal for dnssec can be converted into a multitude of modifications intended for the most common shopper usage in tween controlled trainer models for those just learning to fly while medics are offered

a life support systems of a flying ambulance the basic transport model can hold nine passengers or up to a thousand kilos loads and a v.i.p. addition makes jumping comfortable for the select few. twenty first century integrated flight control technology makes the insect marketable on the international stage it's the first civilian helicopter with four digital channels to control pitch roll heading an attitude backed up by quadruple redundant sensors and actuators to ensure ideal maneuverability under virtually all conditions. with their first from scratch series the factories spread out over a broader than ever model range in this part of the new russian helicopters group since two thousand and seven they've been included in the forging of a flagship. the wings of the design helicopter factory is a collaborative project with the top players in russian and international avionics it's a new and improved family of choppers that's just starting to take flight the m.r.i.

thirty eight despite years of uncertainty and controversy involving the project partners the improved second test model of the mit thirty eight made this first flight last december because on factories joined on the project by the legendary. thirty eight is a multi-purpose medium transport helicopter designed to update its mit and my seventeen ancestors it can hold up to five thousand kilograms of cargo in the spacious interior cabin an increase of fully a ton over early in my seventeen models capable of carrying exterior cars. go up to seven thousand kilos they might thirty eight can cover an extended range of the thirteen hundred kilometers if it's a week with extra fuel tanks for mules headquarters just outside the russian capital it was a short flight over to help that crocus center had ready for hello russian participants and also gas with their own traffic beating transportation understandably to meet thirty eight had place of honor and all the media attention that entails with the manufacturers of the helicopters components all gathered here

at the exhibition it's a great chance to climb inside and find out what makes me thirty the way that a future glass cockpit is the somewhat deceptive journey used to describe the modern make over increasingly applied to the pilot's control panel in new aircraft in place of the old in a lot gauges abortive digital displays present all the vital aviation instrumentation. as we've integrated multiple positioning another gauge and systems used it also has some advanced features such as automatic dependence or valence broadcast and satellite guidance for both precision and station final landing approaches. it's a clue to the enhanced ground proximity warning system which is already been tested on a range of early m.r.i. models and the eurocopter. the feedback from the crew has been very positive and they say it really helps prevent controlled flies into train accidents but one standout aspect of this is them is that it runs a database of all flight hazards in russia that's

a unique feature for this class of equipment. the emory thirty eight will also stand apart for being available with two different engines the first two prototypes have pratt and whitney canada p.w. one hundred motors while others will feature clear most t.v. seven one seventeen the. new capacities does the second version of a clean up engine have. the technical features of the two engines very similar but even with bush i see a great advantage in that the new engine has been developed in russia. it also puts out a more power to a cold while generally consuming less fuel. has a nasty system which allows an exhilarating how units are being still don't board the helicopter which facilitates all field landing and takeoff but the biggest bonus of having to engine time creased ability to meet the needs of the customer. which no aircraft is going anywhere without lift and

a helicopter that's all about the rotor blades in my thirty eight can tip the scales with take off weights over fifteen thousand kilograms so it's equipped with six rotor blades to give it adequate lift power on early helicopters materials like laminated wood and even fabric were used later giving way to steel and aluminum structures as in many other components modern voter blades offer and who performance after a shift to composite materials like fiberglass the blade core is still formed by a lightweight aluminum honeycomb structure that expanded course at fixed to a frame with a special he said to create panels these panels are being covered with an outer layer of a composite materials in a sandwich construction further the panels are arranged along the backbone of the future helicopter blades what's called a spar or laws around at every step in the process new materials are being tested to increase the blades performance providing more lift for equivalent power or extending the working life of the blade in this special way. needs to mit thirty

eight uses are the best the industry has to offer. what's unique an oblate production is the degree of automation the main load bearing element that strengthens the blade and underpins its aerodynamics what we call a longer and has produced automatically by means of winding one. or the only ones with this technology nobody else in the world produces composite constructions by means of this technology and it's well known that composite material is not vulnerable to rotting or corroding that means our blades can work for many years saving the customs money at the also in producing these plates we've implemented the latest achievements of aviation science in the field of marriage dynamics. prior to putting these new blades on the m i thirty eight we tested them on r.m.i. eight the meaningful breakthrough we discovered with these blades used on a regular m.i.a. telescope that was a full extra ton of lift. so if you are typical and my age can bear

a load of three thousand kilos then you install these blades and without any change in engine power you can add on an additional one thousand kilos and still take off it's a great example of how innovations are having a qualitative practical impact on performance you know what. that is that the young the hell of russia like those innovations were on display this month with the mule factory hosted the first open press quite to show off the new test model full scale production may take until twenty fifteen but the mit eight has come a long way and the first attempts at launching a rotary wing aircraft started in earnest in the first half of the last century the dayton footage me look a bit and goofy in hindsight but there was a decades long debate among designers before the ideal layout was settled on among the very first to get it right was alex it should be your new kit with his sunny one a helicopter. this stands out as. the first russian

helicopter that was able to take gold successfully. plus it's basically become the prototype for ninety five percent of the helicopters that have been designed in the world ever since. a single rotor model with a tail rotor. and also has shattered the world altitude record in one hundred thirty two reaching six hundred five meters. more than thirty times higher than the previous mark or with. the italian machine before it could barely reach the roof of a five story building. helicopter flew as high as today's tallest skyscrapers but with the secrecy that surrounded his work at the central aero hydrodynamic institute sunday the soviet record went long and recognized as fighting freezing agreement on the road or in fuselage design not all the test flights were soaring success the meteoric rise of airplanes and the interruption of world war two delayed the wider application of pioneering ideas but the foundation of an industry

and generally. today's modern aircraft are under careful control a far cry from the primitive machines that made the first big aviation breakthrough we traded in the limited manual systems for gyroscope orientation technology. for those used to modern gadgets it may be hard to imagine a world with gyroscopes they found their way into everything from space ships to smartphones and they're also behind the balanced and control systems of these toy helicopters pushing the company into lots is at the forefront of the industry that is making this both possible and economical what. we we took the most interesting technology which is a vibrating gyroscope in made it extremely inexpensive. were made it's through. changing the type of material that we used to shape in

a fog. but your role in levs is far from the only company that seized on the opportunity to produce cheaply what was once almost pretty beautifully expensive technology they're making breakthroughs in simplifying the structure of their coriolis vibrating gyros. c.g.s. require just a fraction of the components needed for mechanical gyroscopes of equivalent precision. in the labs uses inexpensive metals in place of pricey cords and is perfect it is cylindrical rather than hemisphere shaped. these devices were stance extremely high level of truck. which stands very high level of vibrations and gamma doesn't afraid of radiation doesn't afraid you know it doesn't care about a lot of different electromagnetic waves as long as electronics to protect one's

quality gyroscopes have been produced a range of potential uses is ever expanding in a lab c.v. g.'s can be used to orient all kinds of the aircraft in space remove lee operated or autonomous lee operating vehicles like drones or robots navigation systems on a range of moving objects and even rotating in tennis drilling platforms. in all the systems gyroscope so the key sensors allow for the calculation of a moving objects angular velocity and then we enter great these signals and determine the rotation angle. and i can demonstrate it without as a change in heading reference system. as i rotate this device it determines. integrates it and determines the attitude angle. on market analysis has shown that maximally accurate compact and energy efficient systems are in the highest amount and so that's the market segment and our labs has ended up with you know that if.

you were particularly. they strive for new products in the labs understands how important the slightest changes can be potentially new applications and with them new markets that's why so much energy and resources are expended on careful analysis of each new test system the constituent parts microelectronics ceramics sensors and resonators are all tiny and sensitive in alliances looking for a breakthrough particularly for the field of aviation coriolis vibrating or vibrating structure gyroscopes generally been limited to lower end navigation devices so in order to break into the demanding sector of inertial navigation systems for aircraft to attain unprecedented precision you know of chairs can be used. three systems stabilization it's the direction of the direction and the nature of the heading next generation system which should be coming out in about

one year from now we will allow to have gyroscope here hyper solution one hundred sixty degree and that point it can be used in an indication system or. allows you to know when you don't have any other means of reference. if it's being lost in these extremely important. especially when you do not see the ground. in moscow and. they already have clients on four continents and if the current train continues. to take systems get smaller. our shared space is increasingly crowded with flying machines and all shapes and sizes and while i can fly this mini chopper at the exhibition without any problems with. new and improved tracking systems to keep the skies safe . this is a top priority task for the specialists. this state. institute for aviation systems

thankfully communication and data transmission technology is developed as the demands on air space have intensified and the team has an advanced set up for testing out ways to apply these explaining capabilities to the growing problem today's standard practices of air traffic control rely on technology long available in virtually every corner of the globe mostly ground to air radio contact and radar tracking systems and what we have in place is affected far more often than not the occasional accident or close call in the skies or on the runways points out the ever present potential for human error new systems hope to further reduce the danger. we're talking about is called automatic dependence surveillance broadcast. this is quite a promising developing field supported by the international civil aviation organization. that the u.s. is planning to make such as is demanded by twenty twenty. europe projects

implementation in the same span the same time frame has also been proposed for russia. in the future aircraft with as and e.s.b. system will simply not be granted like. so what's the technology that will allow us to move away from the familiar radar radio combo satellite navigation and tracking systems like g.p.s. are now offer a comprehensive coverage it can provide far more accurate information about aircraft location and motion and trajectory the biggest players in civil aircraft production boeing and airbus are already building that technology into new models but like many airlines resisting the call to upgrade planes they may be undercutting the future systems effectiveness by watching their bottom lines since the american protocol requires only a.t.'s be one way data transmission equipment this is not a full fledged system it's effectively just a replacement for radars it is

a much needed useful. efficient step in the right direction expensive radars will be replaced with relatively uncomplicated base stations. for system paints a totally different picture this has the ability not just to receive information on the ground and it will also simultaneously send aircraft the information on board the a direct without input from air traffic control systems this technology has already been developed the hardware exists our team alone has completed dozens hundreds of flights using this equipment and it's proven very effective you've missed. this month perhaps the most ambitious public presentation of a designed e.s.p. solution to date if i dare craft involved included not just traditional man vessels but also unmanned drones an important new contender for space in a crowded cloud. in the future an air traffic controller will monitor both. aircraft in a fully standardized. controller won't see any difference between the two. the

pilots of monday aircraft will see each other's planes will read any drones on their screens. the same goes for operators of on monday aircraft. carrying out their work just like regular pilots. the only difference being they're on the ground. if they choose an airfield outside of st petersburg the pilots meant to carefully study the flight plan for a vehicles to m.i.a. choppers a lightweight motor glider and from sauces midsized are to hate east with a small engine room developed by russian companies going south around shortly thereafter as in normal civil aviation the three man craft each flight a different has needed altitude. found solace however on the same plane the plane calls for a point of intersection on the southern side of a rectangular space with the zala drone flying eastwards head on it the other. system should help the drone operators alter their course while also avoiding

a catastrophic collision with the main. aircraft occupying higher altitude layers with their missions laid out in plain russian the pilots were left to suit up and strategize additional intrigue was added to the mix by an uninvited guest a stiff wind blowing north to south mostly sort of a gift of the full schedule of the weekend if the show was because of the difficulty booking. other shows up. once the last of the drones had overcome the minor meteorological obstacle we had five birds not just in the sky but on everybody's flight monitors to test pilots quickly flew out of visual contact but their movement in relative positioning was all constantly communicated to the airfields a.t.'s be based ation the ground based drone operators fortunately had more than enough information to effectively avoid any collision. as everything went exactly according to plan c.

of all of the aircraft were able to track each other it is the dispatcher was able to monitor all the aircraft perfectly so they did it just as well as the old soil each other they're going to the field this confirms that the technology is absolutely functional up totally legitimate but international civil aviation standards that's now the task is to not be for its full scale implementation is that he goes nuts in moscow the process of perfecting a system for all possible flying objects pushes on the capital is perhaps the clearest example of how heavy the load on current air traffic control systems can be most of the choppers had hello russia had been flown it so we'd seen how hard it is to get the green light for a chopper mission over europe's biggest city the good news we're already embracing ideas to conquer the traffic jam in the skies. the high tech helicopter industry is just starting to take off we're already out of time for this month join us for more

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