Description / Abstract:
1. SCOPE:
This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) identifies and defines a
method of measuring those factors affecting installed power available
for helicopter power plants. These factors are installation losses,
accessory power extraction, and operation effects. Accurate
determination of these factors is vital in the calculation of
helicopter performance as described in the flight manual. It is
intended that the methods herein prescribe and define each factor as
well as an approach to measuring said factor. Only standard
installations of turboshaft engines in helicopters are considered.
Special arrangements leading to high installation losses, such as the
fitting of an infrared suppressor may require individual techniques
for the determination and definition of engine installation losses.