AN INVESTIGATION OF AN AUTOMATIC THROTTLE DEVICE DURING TURNING FLIGHT.

Abstract

This thesis is a continuation of a series of studies on automatic throttle compensation systems begun in 1963. Previous investigations have been concerned with flight in a wings level attitude. This study will consider the effects of turning flight on the system. The system under consideration here is the Automatic power Compensator, (APC), an automatic throttle in use in the F-8 and F-4 aircraft. It utilizes feedbacks of angle of attack and normal acceleration. It was found important to differentiate between spurious perturbations and those perturbations from steady introduced due to the aircraft entering a turn.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0486365

Entities

People

  • Richard Danner Hartman

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Automatic
  • Compensation
  • Compensators
  • Feedback
  • Flight
  • Perturbations
  • Turning Flight

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics