VTOL Handling Qualities Criteria Study Through Moving-Base Simulation

Abstract

An investigation of VTOL longitudinal and lateral handling qualities in hovering and low-speed maneuvering flight was conducted on a moving-base simulator. The simulator included an external display, and the task performed by the participating pilots was a visual rather than an instrument task. Pertinent longitudinal and lateral stability derivatives were varied in a wide range of test configurations. Most of the cases investigated included the effects of steady winds and turbulence. For part of the program, stick force gradients existed on the simulator control stick; for part of the program, they did not. For most of the cases, the pilot selected optimum control sensitivities. In all cases a pilot rating and pilot comments were given. Other data resulting from the simulations include probability density and power spectral density analyses. Pilot performance for part of the task also was calculated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0863818

Entities

People

  • Ralph L. Mccormick

Organizations

  • Calspan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Analog Computers
  • Control Sticks
  • Control Systems
  • Dynamic Response
  • Flight Simulators
  • Frequency
  • Generators
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Ground Speed
  • Light Sources
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Vertical Takeoff Aircraft

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.