X-15 Pilot Comments - Neil Armstrong - Flight No. 1-32-53

Abstract

This document is a historical document for the X-15. Armstrong: I can say with truthfulness that this flight was like going back to the horse and buggy control system. Before launch, the only peculiarities were the low hydraulic pressure indication on the No. 1 system and the inertial velocity and altitude oscillation which I had not seen before. (Excerpt1) Concerning the damper-off flight conditions, I feel I wouldn't want to go to any higher angles of attack using the same technique. The type or airplane motions I observed didn't seem to lend themselves or require the Betadot control technique. Perhaps, if you had to hold a higher angle of attack you would have to go to Betadot. Using the kind or techniques I was using, however, I would not want to go to any higher angles or attack than I saw. Also, I seemed to be limited by the amount or stick that I could put in. Actually, I was putting in sizeable stick deflections without getting very much airplane response in roll. (Excerpt 2)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 02, 1962
Accession Number
AD1168465

Entities

People

  • Neil Armstrong

Organizations

  • Air Force Test Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Altitude
  • Computer Programs
  • Control Systems
  • Deflection
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • Hydraulic Pressure
  • Mach Number
  • Oscillation
  • Sideslip
  • Simulators
  • United States
  • Yaw

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.