AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF AUTO-THROTTLE DEVICES ON AIRCRAFT CONTROL IN THE CARRIER LANDING APPROACH

Abstract

An automatic-throttle compensation system has the capability of removing the problem of aircraft speed instability in the carrier landing approach. Various systems have been proposed and tested, each differing in input sensed variables. Two representative systems are investigated analytically and by the use of digital programmed Nyquist plots and analog simulations. An attempt is made to determine optimum gain constants by using various forcing functions in the analog simulation. Comparisons of the responses of the two systems are made using time history analog records. A digital computer stability program, applicable to any aircraft, is included. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0479554

Entities

People

  • Gerald R. Bell

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Analog Computers
  • Automatic
  • Carrier Landings
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Digital Computers
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight Paths
  • Flight Speeds
  • Glide Slope
  • Simulations
  • Transfer Functions

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Control Systems Engineering.