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hello and welcome to technology update this month marks the fourth annual assembly of the international helicopter industry here in moscow it's a chance for companies to show off innovative concepts big business minute by bird and for us to find out what's changing in the world of russian chop. this year's show was the biggest bash yet raising the high standards set in years past the capital cities crew because the expo center packed in over one hundred sixty companies that manufacture design fly sell in supply helicopters in there parts from sixteen countries not to be outdone by some of the most popular european american models flown out for 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 and contracts everyone came looking for russia is a playground where the machines we mostly hear overhead comes down to earth from teetering with twenty models to trying out flight simulators to investigating new avionics outputs to high flying technology was all within reach i took on a ride in the farcical one seat chiron concert from but only as opting instead for an extra connect tour of the latest russian vi teacher and. i even got to play pilot for a few new friends only to find out the actual keys to the sleek swiss business class air taxi are just a bit out of my price range. wheeling and dealing with get my editors to shell out the rubles to fly home in a new technology on a chopper. helo rush is full of new models new joint ventures and new comers have both domestic and international markets they could 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. this new image has on. complex has long been the main production site of the most prolific helicopter in history the m.i. eight we get to tag along for a scenic flight during our visit where test pilots showed off not just that picturesque a size of russian monasteries with the agility it's made to m.i.a. and it's in my seventeen export version the workhorse of helicopter fleets the world over. the way it's a full scale modernization program is underway for the m i u seventeen v five with the latest generation of best selling helicopters. but it will see the addition of a number of functions upgraded flight deck equipment improved technical specs and performance we've played an important role in this program. budget than 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 the m i born after designer me frail meal winning the approval of joseph stalin with great fanfare at a nine hundred fifty one to sion air show the much heralded helicopters were assigned because on a 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 lines apart like this made three months of labor but we knew equipment that's now in place rest 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 they're pumping out the inevitable. replacements as well as new and improved parts to service the hundreds of customers still operating there earlier models in some eighty countries well that's certainly good business the factory has recently brings down in the even bigger endeavors. to open your more new we reached a point where we realized the need to expand our product. 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 were the maximum takeoff weight in the three to three and a half hour range. there was an element of risk involved since the cousin helicopter plant had practically no prior experience of designing its own

helicopters out that time. but in one thousand nine hundred seven it because then helicopter factory joined a club of russian designers are just like any new project or i don't want a string of obstacles to overcome turning the design into reality nonetheless those difficulties were resolved one after the other and in late two thousand and four when you and sat received its transport helicopter certificate. not only was the ansett the first round of design experience for the design helicopter plant 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 unsettled 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 it could be adapted for a broad spectrum of potential uses at their back they simply pushed a new young charted waters of the highly desirable lighter load meet in hit the

jackpot. the comfort of the name and sound comes from a touch of word that describes the design concept it means. convenient these days it's. just. a set of options. we wanted to make this indicator as close as possible to the ideal dnssec can be converted into a multitude of modification tended for the most common shopper usage between controlled trainer models for those just learning to fly medics are offered the life support systems of both flying. the basic transport model can hold nine passengers or. loads and a v.i.p. edition. for the select few. twenty first century integrated flight control technology makes the insan marketable on the international stage it's the first civilian helicopter with digital channels to

control pitch roll heading in attitude backed up by quadruple redundant sensors and actuators to ensure ideal maneuverability under virtually all conditions. with their first from scratch series under their belt the factories spread out over a broader than ever model range and as part of the new russian helicopters group since two thousand and seven they've been included in the forging of a flagship. 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 i thirty eight despite years of uncertainty and controversy involving project partners the improved second test model of the mit thirty you made this first flight last december because on factory is 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 miles capable of carrying exteriors. go up to seven thousand he was damn i thirty eight can cover an extended range up to thirteen hundred kilometers if it's weak with extra fuel tanks for mules headquarters just outside the russian capital it was a short flight over to hell it had crocus center had ready for hell 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 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 their way to the future class cockpit is the somewhat deceptive term used to describe the modern make over increasingly applied to the pilot's control panel in new aircraft in place of the old analog gauges abortive digital displays present all the vital aviation instrumentation. we've integrated multiple positioning another geishas

systems it also has some advanced features such as automatic dependence or valence broadcast on satellite guidance for both precision and precision finalising approaches. to the enhanced ground proximity warning system which is already been tested on a range of early and my models and. the feedback from the cruise has been very positive they say it really helps prevent controlled flight into terrain accidents one standout aspect of this is them is not 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 work a cream of the engine half. the technical features of the two engines are very

similar but even with i see a great advantage in them the new engine has been developed in russia. and also puts out more power to me cold while generally consuming less fuel. as an aston system which allows an exhilarating how units are being sold on board the helicopter which facilitates own field landing in say cold but the biggest bonus of having two engine times is being creased ability to meet the needs of a customer. which no aircraft is going anywhere without lift and a helicopter that's all about the rotor blades there my thirty eight can tip the scales with takeoff weight over fifteen thousand kilograms so it's equipped with six rotor blades to give it adequately power on early helicopters materials like laminated wood and even fabric for use later giving way to steel and aluminum structures as in many other components modern voter blades all for improved

performance after a shift to composite materials like fiberglass the blade core is still formed by a lightweight aluminum honeycomb structure that expanded course affixed to a frame with a special ed piece of to create panels these panels are being covered with an outer layer of the composite materials in a sandwich construction further the panel serve ranged 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 and the special glue. it's the m.i. thirty eight uses are the best the industry has to offer. what's unique in our blade production is the degree of automation the main load bearing elements that strengthens the blade and underpins its aerodynamics what we call a longer and is produced automatically by means of winding skis. with 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 rock saying or corroding but that means our blades can work for many years saving the customs money also in producing these plates we've implemented the latest achievements of aviation science in the field of aerodynamics. prior to putting these new blades on the end i thirty eight we tested them on r.m.i. eight years the meaningful breakthrough we discovered with these plates used on a regular m.i.a. telescope that was a full extra ton of lift. so if your typical m.i.a. to compare a load of three thousand kalos and you install these blades and without any change in engine power you can add on an additional one thousand kilos and still take off is a great example of how innovations are having a qualitative practical impact on performance you know what. that is that they own the hell of russia hike those innovations were on display this month with the mule

factory posted the first open press quite to show off the new test model for skilled production may take until twenty fifteen but then my thirty 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 dated footage from a look at it 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. it stands out. the first russian helicopter that was able to take off successfully. is 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 it shattered the world altitude record in one hundred thirty

two reaching six hundred five meters. one 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 we disagree see that surrounded his work at the central arrow hydrodynamic institute sunday the soviet record went long unrecognized despite increasing agreement on the rotor and 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 with the foundation of an industry and initially. 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 orientations technology. is 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 balance and control systems of these toy helicopters pushing company into lots is at the forefront of the industry and it's making this both possible kinda canonical what. we we took the most interesting thing which is a vibrating gyroscope in made it extremely inexpensive. were made it's through. changing the type of much aerial that we used in the shape in a for. all of this material well in a levs is far from the only company that seized on the opportunity to produce cheaply what was once almost pretty hip 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 in a cylindrical rather than hemisphere shape. these devices were stance extremely high level of truck. which stands very high level of vibrations again 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 the 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 remotely operated or autonomous lee operating vehicles like drones over robots never get in systems on a range of moving objects and even rotating in tennis drilling platforms. in all these systems gyroscope so the key sensors allow for the calculation of

a moving objects angular velocity and then we integrate these signals and determine the rotation angle. i can demonstrate it when i ask you to head in reference system but as i rotate this device it determines. integrates it and determines the attitude angle. all market analysis has shown that maximally accurate compact and energy efficient attitude systems are in the highest in month and so that's the market segment and our labs has ended you know that i knew of you were particularly . they strive for new products in the labs understands how important the slightest changes can be killed when you know potentially new applications in 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 the labs just looking for

a breakthrough particularly for the field of aviation coriolis vibrating or tribe rating structure gyroscopes have generally been limited to lower end navigation devices in order to break into the demanding sector of inertial navigation systems for aircraft to attain unprecedented. gera scopes currently can be used in three systems stabilisation. of the duration and the nature of the heading next generation system which should be coming out in about one year from now will allow to have gyroscope here hyper solution one hundred sixty degree and that point it can be used in an indication system or use. inertial navigation system allows you to know when you don't have any other means of reference. to see if it's being lost these extremely important. especially when you need not see the

ground. offices in moscow and. they already have clients on the continents and if the train continues should get bigger as the gyroscopic 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 the bigger need of new and improved smart tracking systems to keep the skies safe. that's a top priority task for the. us 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 advance for testing out ways to apply these expanding capabilities to the growing problem today's standard practice is of a 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 effective for more often and not be occasional accident or a 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. the same time frame has also been proposed for russia this means in the future aircraft without an a.b.s. system will simply not be granted permission. so what's the technology that will allow us to move away from the familiar radar radio combo satellite navigation

tracking systems like g.p.s. or belong to us now offer comprehensive coverage they 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 the 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 line . protocol requires only. 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 and useful. efficient step in the right direction the expensive radars will be replaced with relatively own complicated base stations our video for system paints a totally different picture this has the ability not just to receive information on the ground but also simultaneously send the aircraft the information on board directly without input from air traffic control systems this technology has already

been developed the hardware exists in the r.c. malone 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 because the s. designed a.t.'s be solution to date five aircraft involved included not just traditional man vessels but also unmanned drones an important new contender for space in the crowded clouds. in the future an air traffic controller will monitor both manned and unmanned aircraft in a fully standardized. controller will see any difference between the two. pilots of monday aircraft will see each other's planes you lend any drones on their screens. the same goes for operators of on monday aircraft. will be carrying out their work just like regular pilots unable to help on that the only difference being which they're on the ground. and to choose an airfield outside of st petersburg the

pilots to carefully study the flight plan for a vehicle into a my chompers a lightweight motor glider in times off his mid-sized or to hate east with a smaller drone developed by russian companies going south down shortly thereafter as in normal civil aviation the three man craft each flight a different because they needed altitude disorder in the southbound cell however on the same plane the plane calls for a point of intersection on the southern side of a rectangular space with the zola drone flying eastwards head on it the other four aircraft the a.t.'s speech system should help the drone operators alter their course while also avoiding a catastrophic collision with the main. aircraft occupying higher altitude layers and 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 closer to sort of a little bit if you can and if so was the call from the local.

other shows up. once the last of the germans had overcome the minor meteorological obstacle we had five birds not just in the sky but on everybody's flight monitors the test pilots quickly flew out of visual contact but their movement and relative positioning was all constantly communicated to the airfields e.s.p. base station the ground based drone operators fortunately had more than enough information to effectively avoid any collision so everything went exactly according to plan c. of all of the aircraft were able to track each other his response was able to monitor all the aircraft perfectly. just as well as the old sawyer they're going to this confirms that the technology is absolutely functional up the totally legitimate by the international civil aviation standards now the task is to lobby for its full scale implementation. that he goes niehaus in moscow the process of

perfecting the 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 that helo russia had been flown it so we've seen how hard it is to get a 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 sky as. the high tech helicopter industry is just starting to take off we're already out of time for this month join us for more on the next technology update until then enjoy the right. people.

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