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mr. belin. 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 when they buy their own birds 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 city's crocus expo center over one hundred sixty companies that manufacture and design fly sell in supply helicopters in there 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 as 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 the russia is a playground where the machines we mostly sure overhead come 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 think i'm on a ride in the one seat there from but only as opting instead for an x. box connect to work of the latest russian v.i.p. can. be played 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 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 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 helicopter factories 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 a picturesque a sodger 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 no world over. the way it's a full scale modernization program is underway for the m.i.a.'s 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 didn't know it

just. knew in my sitting scene modifications and defeatist flexibility of their predecessors over eleven thousand of which had 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 mit one after designer mikhail meal winning the approval of joseph stalin and with 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 maneuverability and the old line support like this made three months of labor to 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 they're pumping out the inevitable. replacements as well as new and 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 brings down in the even bigger endeavors. open your mind you know we reached a point where we realized the need to expand our product range of new 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 hours and 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 the club of russian designers of europe just like any new project i don't want a string of opticals 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 ground of design experience for the khazan 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 in the late the end sap filed through prototype and test production in an impressive pace the basic layout of the new bird is exactly it's genius because on design bureau had a history of russian helicopters they can be adapted for a broad spectrum of potential uses at their back they simply pushed

a new young charted waters and the highly desirable lighter load meet each end hit the jackpot. with the comfort of the name and santa comes from a touch of word that describes the design concept it means a. convenient these days it's about price quality ratio. a set of options for our customers and we wanted to make this indicator as close as possible to the ideal dnssec can be converted into a multitude of modifications intended for the most common shopper usage and tween controlled trainer models for those just learning to fly by medics are offered the life support systems of a flying into the basic transport model can hold nine passengers or up to a thousand kilos and a v.i.p. addition makes puddle jumping 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 more 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 and 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.r.i. thirty eight despite years of uncertainty and controversy involving project partners the improved second test model of the in my thirty year old made this first flight last december because on factories joined on the project by the legendary design. a thirty eight is a multi-purpose medium transport helicopter designed to update its mit and my

seventy ancestors it can hold up to five thousand kilograms of cargo in the spacious interior cabin and increase in fully a ton over early in my seventeen models capable of carrying exteriors. go up to seven thousand kilos they might thirty eight can cover an extended range of 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 the helo pad crocus center had ready for hello russia 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 class cockpit is the somewhat deceptive term used to describe the modern make over increasingly applied to the pilot's control pain only new aircraft in place of the old analog gauges of digital displays present all the vital aviation

instrumentation. we've integrated multiple positioning another geishas systems used because it also has some advanced features such as automatic dependence or valence broadcast and satellite guidance for both precision rescission final landing approaches. to the enhanced ground proximity warning system which is already been tested on a range of early m.r.i. models and bureaus. the feedback from the cruise has been very positive they say it really helps prevent controlled flies into train accidents and one standout aspect of this is tim is not a drones a database of all flight hazards in russia that's a unique feature for this class of equipment. the emery 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 the cream of

engine have. the technical features of the two engines very similar with which i see a great advantage in that the new engine has been developed in russia yes it also puts out more power to a cold while generally consuming less fuel. has a nasty system which allows an exhilarating power units being sold on board the helicopter which riseth state's own field landing and takeoff but the biggest bonus of having to engine time is the increased 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 the emily thirty eight can tip to scale 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 the laminated wood and even fabric for use later giving way to steel and aluminum

structures as in many other components modern boat or blades offer and who performance after a ship can 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 they covered with an outer layer of the composite materials in a sandwich construction further the panels are arranged along the backbone of the future helicopter blade what's called the spar or laws are on it every step of 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 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 that the main load bearing element that strengthens the blade and underpins its aerodynamics what we call a longer and is produced automatically by means of winding skids but 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 rotting or corroding that means blades can work for many years saving the customers money also in producing these blades we've implemented the latest achievements of aviation science in the field of aerodynamics. 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 eight helicopter was a full extra ton of lift. so if your typical and i eight compare a load of three thousand kilos and you install these plates 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 like having a qualitative practical impact on performance. that isn't there beyond the hell of

russia hype those innovations were on display this month when the new factory hosted the first open press quite to show off the new test model to scale production make take until twenty fifty 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 they did good for me look at it goofy in hindsight and 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 all new kid with his sunny one eat a helicopter. but this turns out. the first russian helicopter that was able to take off successfully. plus it's basically become the prototype for ninety five percent of the helicopters that have been designed in the world ever since. i think the rotor model with the tail rotor. and also

it shattered the world out that you recorded one hundred thirty to six hundred five meters. more than thirty times higher than the previous mark or with a. town machine before it could barely reach the roof of a five story building she'll move his helicopter flew as high as today's tallest skyscrapers but with the secrecy that surrounded his work it essential arrow hydrodynamic institute sunday the soviet record went along 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 in league. 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 that

. produced a modern gadgets and maybe hard to imagine a world with scopes 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 russian company in a lot is at the forefront of the industry it's making this both possible kinda canonical what. we say we took the most interesting. which is a vibrating cherished in made it extremely inexpensive. were made it's through . changing the type of material that we used in the shape and if the. material role in levs is far from the only company that seized on the opportunity to produce cheaply what was once almost pretty 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 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 protect one's quality gyroscopes and 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 and remotely operated or autonomously operating vehicles like drones of robots navigation systems on a range of moving objects and even rotating in tennessee drilling platforms. in

all the systems gyroscope so the key sensors allow for the calculation of a moving objects angular velocity and then we integrate the signals and determine the rotation angle. i can demonstrated without acid student heading reference system but as i rotate this device what if it determines. integrates well and determines the attitude angle real 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. you were particularly. they strive for new products in the labs understands how important this latest changes can be so bringing up potentially new applications in with him new markets that's why so much energy and resources are expended on careful analysis of each new tax 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 vibrating structure gyroscopes have generally been limited to lower end navigation devices so in order to break into big demanding sector of inertial navigation systems for aircraft to attain unprecedented. gera scopes currently can be used. three systems stabilisation it's the correction of the direction in the assurance in the heading next generation system which should be coming out in about one year from now will allow to have gyroscope here hyper station one hundred seventy three and at that point it can be used in addition system or to use. inertial navigation system allows you to know. when you don't have any other means of reference.

he's extremely important. especially when you do not see the ground. offices in moscow and. they already have clients on four continents and if the current trend continues should get bigger as the gyroscopic systems get smaller. our shared air space is increasingly crowded with flying machines of all shapes and sizes and while i can fly this many of the exhibition without any problems the bigger birds are in need of doing improved smart tracking systems to keep the skies safe. this is a top priority task and to 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 expanding 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 grounding air radio contact and radar tracking systems and what we have in place is effective form can it not be occasional close call in the skies or on the runways the ever present potential for human error new systems hoping for the reduce the danger. we're talking about is called automatic dependent 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 the mandatory twenty twenty. implementation in the same span the same time frame has also been proposed for russia this means in the future aircraft without the 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. are now offer a comprehensive coverage they can provide far more accurate information about aircraft locations and motion and trajectory the biggest players in civil aircraft production boeing and airbus are already building that technology into new models like many airlines resisting the call to upgrade planes they may be undercutting the future systems effectiveness by watching their bottom line since the. 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 useful. efficient step in the right direction 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 and also simultaneously send the aircraft the information on board the

rectally 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 have missed. this month so perhaps the most him vicious public presentation of the designed e.s.b. solution to date the 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 nuns and all manned 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 you learned any drones on their screens. the same goes for operators of krauts. bilby carrying out their work just like regular pilots unable to cope and that the only difference there on the ground. if the choosing airfield outside of st

petersburg pilots to carefully study the flight plan for a vehicle to m.i.a. choppers a lightweight motor glider and prime sauces midsized are to head east with a smaller drone developed by russian companies going south and shortly thereafter as in normal civil aviation the three man craft each flight a different designated altitude eastbound is sort of the southbound zala 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. speed system should help the drone operators alter their course also avoiding a catastrophic collision with the main. aircraft occupying higher altitude layers with their missions laid out in plain russian and 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 through sort of a genius of that was going to give him

a fish hook listen to the mystical to welcome. the other shows up. once the last of the drones to 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 a.s.b. based ation the ground based drone operators fortunately had more than enough information to effectively avoid any collision. and everything went exactly according to plan c. of all of the aircraft were able to track each other it gives the dispatcher was able to moments after perfect rootlessness of that he did just as well as the whole sawyer show they're going to the told this confirms that the technology is absolutely functional totally legitimate by the international civil aviation

standards now the task is to lobby for its full scale implementation is 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 in so we've 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 at a time for this much throwing us for more on the next technology update and still a bit interested.

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