Keywords: External airframe, Reverse Engineering, CAD data
To upgrade the electronic technology for the Australian Army’s fleet of Black Hawk helicopters, BAE Systems Australia needed to establish 3D CAD information. Therefore both external and internal data of a helicopter was measured using photogrammetry and optical digitising.
The National Research Council (NRC) Institute for Aerospace Research had a requirement to digitize their Falcon 20 parabolic aircraft to capture it's "As Built" condition for CFD analysis, moveable aero surfaces positions and aircraft symmetry checks.