A FLIGHT SIMULATOR STUDY OF THE LATERIAL-DIRECTIONAL STABILITY REQUIREMENTS OF Piloted Air Vehicles.
Abstract
A stationary flight simulator study 27p. incl. illus. (Rept. no. NA 61H-241) (Contract NOw 60-0314-d) Unclassified report DESCRIPTORS: (Oscillation, *Flight simulators, *Stability (Lateral), Pilots, Attitudes, Aircraft, Tests.) (*Damping, Acceleration, Frequency, Roll.) (Flight instrumRate-climb indicators, Altimeters, Oscilloscopes.) Pilots. Open-ended Terms: Dutch roll. A stationary flight simulator study was made of the primary factors which affect pilot opinion of the lateral-directional stability of contemporaryAIRCRAFT. The results indicate that the degree of accept98damping, Acceleration, Frequency, Roll.) (Flight instruments, Gyro stabilizers, Compasses, Accelerometers, Airspeed indicators, Mach number, Rate-climb indicators, Altimeters, Oscilloscopes.) Pilots. Open-ended Terms: Dutch roll. A stationary flight simulator study was made of the primary factors which affect pilot opinion of the lateral-directional stability of contemporaryAIRCRAFT. The results indicate that the degree of acceptability of the lateral-directional characteristics of any aircraft can be predicted for a wide range of configurations by use of two correlation parameters. One parameter specifies the minimum required damping of the lateral oscillation, and the other specifies the maximum allowable lateral control yawing moment. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 31, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0264752