Motion Control Technologies That Can Save a Life
by Charles Bartel, Jr., Simulation Market Manager for the Industrial Controls DivisionIt's late and you are tired. It's been a long day. Your job: Army Helicopter Pilot. Your missions: medical evacuation and personnel extraction. After only a few brief moments of sleep, you are rudely awakened by the duty officer and told that you must fly an immediate mission to rescue a downed pilot.
Quickly grabbing your flight gear, you stumble half asleep to the helicopter. Strapping in, your hands, feet and eyes fly over the flight controls, switches and gages, noting engine settings, fuel load, etc. as you quickly bring the bird up to flying status and initiate the mission. Flying low over the jungles, evading enemy locations, you locate the downed pilot through his emergency beacon. You spot the pilot and a clearing sufficient to land in for pick up. As quickly as possible, you load the pilot and clear the area, heading back for base. You continue to fly in an evasive mode to evade enemy detection. The wind picks up and flying is difficult. However, in due time, you arrive back at the base, mission complete.
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