Well Avnx EO, we really do agree! I think the promise of hums is vast, the actual delivered so far is too small (but still mostly worthwhile). Some additions to your thoughts, for comment:
1) The regime recognition is the way we do it now, where we determine what the aircraft is doing, and then try to guess what the loads the parts are subjected to. In a while, we will simply measure the loads the parts experience, cut out all the guess work, and be much closer to the actual stress the part has experienced. Why not, we can swallow a camera to photograph our insides, after all.
2) Linking component lives to this stress estimate is surely better than the guesswork we now use, where assumed spectra are applied per hour, as though all helos are operated identically. Actual life experience will always be better. getting CAA and FAA to agree will take a bit of work, however.
Last edited by NickLappos; 6th Sep 2003 at 20:51.