Instrumentation and Measurement of Aircraft Carrier Deck Motion
Abstract
The Automatic Carrier Controlled Approach System (ACCA) requires the control of aircraft along a control line tied to an unstable platform, namely the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. The vertical motion of the fantail of a carrier is of particular interest because of the response requirements it imposes on the vertical control loop of ACCA. Any logical extension of ACCA to an Automatic Carrier Controlled Landing System will make it imperative to study these motions and in some way compensate for them. The information obtained on this motion will be used to develop an equipment capable of sensing and possibility predicting future deck positions. These predicted positions will in turn be employed as an integral part of ACCA to compensate the altitude coordinate of the aircraft under control.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 13, 1952
- Accession Number
- AD1218330
Entities
People
- I. M. Saffitz
- J. B. Jr Reynolds
- J. Perlman
- N. Vafiades
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory