Forum 72
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA | May 16-19, 2016

AHS International's Annual Forum & Technology Display is the world's leading international technical event on vertical flight technology. The 72nd Forum took place May 16-19 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The three-day meeting included more than 275 technical papers on every discipline from Acoustics to Unmanned Systems, as well as invited presentations and discussions by leaders in industry and government.
The Technology Display, running concurrent with the Forum, was an extensive exposition of cutting-edge vertical flight technologies. It also included other technologies more broadly applicable to aerospace in general. Leading manufacturers, service providers, defense agencies, universities, and research and development organizations showcased the very latest in vertical flight technology.
- Forum 72 Registration Kit (PDF)
- Forum 72 Preliminary Technical Paper Schedule
- Forum 72 Preliminary Program at a Glance
Over 275 technical papers from experts in their fields on the latest theories and breakthroughs in vertical flight technology.
- Perspectives from leaders in industry, academia and government on the future of vertical flight technology. The Forum included panels of the CEOs of major helicopter manufacturers and suppliers, US Army and US Navy/Marine Corps aviation program managers, and other vertical flight science and technology leaders in government and industry.
- The latest technologies from leading manufacturers, service providers, defense agencies, universities, and research and development organizations in our extensive technology display.
- Interaction and sharing of ideas with more than 1,200 of the world's leading vertical flight professionals.
- Recognition of AHS award winners and scholarship recipients at the Vertical Flight Foundation Reception and the Grand Awards Banquet.
- Special pre-Forum activities on Monday, May 16, including Short courses, Sikorsky tour and the MAV Student Challenge.
Proceedings and Materials
Forum Proceedings Collections (downloads & CDs)Alfred Gessow Best Paper of Forum 72
Best Papers
Göttinger Monograph N: A Historic Document is Back
Quantitative Methods Improve Rotorcraft Safety Risk Management
The Effects of Ambient Conditions on Helicopter Harmonic Noise Radiation: Theory and Experiment
System Identification of a Hover-Capable Robotic Hummingbird
Adjoint-based Aeroacoustic Design-Optimization of Flexible Rotors in Forward Flight
Multi-Role Rotor - Adaptive Performance (MRRAP)
Bell 525 Airspeed Calibration Prior to First Flight
Testing Mobile Aircrew Restraint Systems in a Full-Scale CH-46 Airframe Crash Test - Exploring the Limits
Terrain and Obstacle Avoidance Displays for Low-Level Helicopter Operations in Degraded Visual environments
Performance and Loads of a Model Coaxial Rotor Part II: Prediction Validations with Measurements
AVMS H-47 Chinook with APAS Tactile Cueing Demonstration Results
Measurement of Vibration Transfer Functions to Inform Machine Learning Based HUMS Diagnostics
On-Machine Inspection for Rotorcraft Manufacturing
Free-Wake Based Dynamic Inflow Model for Hover, Forward and Maneuvering Flight
MQ-8 Fire Scout Icing Solution Challenges
HH-60G Airframe Service Life via Multi-Element Damage Monte Carlo Risk Analysis
Seeded Fault Testing of Hybrid Bearings in a Rotorcraft Transmission
Damage Behaviour of Rotorcraft End Plate under High Velocity Bird Impact
Analysis Methods Improving Confidence in Material Qualification for Laminated Composites
From ERATO Basic Research to the Blue Edge Rotor Blade
Flight Test Results for a New Mission-Adaptive Autonomy System on the RASCAL JUH-60A Black Hawk
Image Galleries
Awards presented at AHS International's 72nd Annual Forum and Technology Display, May 17-20, 2016, West Palm Beach, Florida.