A Fixed-Base Variable-Stability Carrier Approach Landing Simulator (CALS).

Abstract

The report describes the design and construction of a fixed-base variable-stability simulator facility combined with the task of landing to a carrier or runway. The solution was mechanized on a hybrid computer with the analog computer solving the equations of motion and the digital computer used for storage, control and graphics generation. The display was in the form of a computer drawn picture on a graphics terminal. Control was by a simulated cockpit placed in front of the display and connected to the analog computer. This project was undertaken not as a design of a training aid but rather as a research tool for further studies in control systems, human engineering and aircraft dynamics. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0743768

Entities

People

  • John Henry Kahrs Iii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analog Computers
  • Computers
  • Control Simulators
  • Control Systems
  • Digital Computers
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Graphics
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Hybrid Computers
  • Simulators
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.