Kaman Aerospace Corporation

George F Lang

Clifford T Gunsallus

William G Flannelly

A novel system for determining the magnitudes of loads on rotating helicopter components from signals remotely measured on the helicopter fuselage is characterized by a processor which decomposes the measured signals into corresponding Fourier components and extracts selected components therefrom. A programming module performs a multiplication on the respective Fourier components to correlate the measured components with corresponding determinative parameter values. The parameter values are established in a calibration process which is characterized by determination of the independent values of a measured signal set using a Jones orthogonalization process. The signals output from the coefficient programming module are provided to a multiplying resolver which receives synthesized reference sinusoids from a digital processor and generates time dependent signal components therefrom. These signals are ultimately summed in an analog summer circuit whose output signal corresponds to the desired parameter signal.

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Glen Rock, NJ, United States of America

George F Lang