PIBOL (PILOT-IN-THE-BOOSTER-LOOP) STUDY

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine if, and under what conditions, the Titan III launch vehicle could provide response characteristics necessary for piloted control (PIBOL) during powered flight. This study determined the changes required to the Titan III system to provide these response characteristics, defined other hardware necessary for piloted control, compared the piloted system's reliability to that of the standard Titan III system, and determined the schedule and cost implications of PIBOL. This study did not evaluate the pilot's contribution to mission success. The results of this study showed that the Titan III launch vehicle can provide the response requirements desired with a minimum change to the system configuration. At the same time, the effect of inertial guidance system failures is effectively eliminated, through the use of the pilot and the changes defined by this study.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0476309

Entities

People

  • D. L. Turner

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airframes
  • Checkout Equipment
  • Control Systems
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Response
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Manufacturing
  • Navigation
  • Production
  • Quality Control
  • Rocket Engines
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Methods

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Software Engineering
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.