V/STOL (Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing) Low Speed and Transition Equivalent Systems Analysis.

Abstract

A fixed base manned V/STOL handling qualities simulation was performed to investigate 1) classification criteria of attitude and rate command systems in hover and low-speed flight; 2) control system blending schemes for transition from approach dynamics to hover dynamics and vice versa, and 3) the amount of control usage. Pilot ratings and comments showed that a time response criterion discriminated well between attitude and rate systems; blending schemes for transition correlated well with earlier NASA results and; pilot's command gain had a strong effect on piloting characteristics and the amount of control usage. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA131955

Entities

People

  • Carl G. Carpenter
  • John Hodgkinson

Organizations

  • McDonnell Aircraft Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Bandwidth
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Dynamic Response
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Flight Paths
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Simulators
  • Vertical Takeoff Aircraft
  • Wind Velocity

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Regression Analysis.