Abstract
Even though tiltrotor operations from city center to city center could greatly shorten travel times over moderate ranges, public opposition to intense urban rotorcraft activity has kept this possibility from being realized. One significant factor in this opposition is rotorcraft noise. Over the last 25 years, NASA has explored the subjective response to rotorcraft noise and developed low noise design concepts and noise abatement flight procedures. While low noise designs can be applied for future rotorcraft, this is not an effective near-term means of reducing rotorcraft noise, because of the costs associated with replacement of helicopter rotor blades. Recent noise abatement research, which has been focusing on the development of tools and techniques to facilitate the design of quieter flight procedures for existing vehicles, has much more immediate application. While very little subjective response work has occurred recently, prior work at NASA in this area from the 1970s and 1980s is discussed. Lastly, thoughts on future research areas that might help improve the public acceptance of rotorcraft will be described.
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