In-Flight Simulation of Minimum Longitudinal Stability for Large Delta- Wing Transports in Landing Approach and Touchdown. Volume 1. Technical Results

Abstract

TRANSPORT PLANES), APPROACH, FLIGHT SIMULATORS, STABILITY, INSTRUMENT FLIGHT, PILOTS, REACTION(PSYCHOLOGY), AVIATION SAFETY, GROUND EFFECT*LONGITUDINAL STABILITY, TOUCHDOWN, EVALUATIONAn in-flight simulation to investigate minimum longitudinal stability for large delta-wing transports in landing approach and touchdown (including ground effect) was conducted using the USAF/Calspan Total In-Flight Simulator (TIFS) airplane. Aerodynamic, inertial and control data for this class of airplane were obtained from a prototype Concorde package supplied by the FAA. The simulation program involved the examination of 20 configurations by four evaluation pilots. The configurations evaluated were based upon a systematic variation of the longitudinal stability characteristics for this class of airplane. These variations were designed to examine the influence of pitch stiffness, backsideness, pitch damping and nonlinear pitching moment effects on pilot acceptability of minimum longitudinal stability for the landing approach task. A total of 61 evaluations was performed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0761120

Entities

People

  • John F. Mitchell
  • Richard Wasserman

Organizations

  • Calspan

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  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight Simulations
  • Flight Simulators
  • Horizontal Situation Indicators
  • Jet Transport Aircraft
  • Measurement
  • Recording Systems
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Variable Stability Aircraft

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  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.