STOL Tactical Aircraft Investigation. Volume V. Flight Control Technology

Abstract

Flight control studies conducted during the STOL Tactical Aircraft Investigation by Convair Aerospace were directed toward development of flight control systems for three versions of the medium STOL transport. Baseline vehicles used for flight control studies were: externally blown flap, internally blown flap, and mechanical flap/vectored thrust configurations. Requirements of MIL-F-8785B and MIL-F-833000 for aircraft handling qualities were the guiding criteria for the control system study. The mechanization trade study concluded that fly-by-wire mechanization is preferred over the more mechanical version which requires significant fly-by-wire features to achieve the required augmentation and decoupling.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0767364

Entities

People

  • E. Price
  • G. Campbell
  • J. Hebert Jr.
  • L. B. White
  • R. Halstenberg

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Altimeters
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programs
  • Control Systems
  • Diagrams
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Flight Instruments
  • Horizontal Stabilizers
  • Landing Gear
  • Nose Wheels
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Tactical Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers