Flight Testing by Radio Remote Control-Flight Evaluation of a Beep-Control System

Abstract

Handling-quality flight tests were conducted with an SB2C-5 drone under radio remote control from an F6F-5 control plane. Similar tests were conducted with the drone under manual control. A comparison of these tests indicates that the beep-type, remote-control system investigated was generally satisfactory for flight testing an airplane via remote control, including take-off 5 and landings. The restrictions and limitations of the present remote-control equipment are discussed. Suggestions are made for modifications to improve the equipment, both for the present drone and for possible application of the remote-control equipment to high performance airplanes. With regard to system dynamic characteristics and the corresponding autopilot parameter settings, the tests indicated that the dynamic behavior would be satisfactory if the stabilized airplane satisfied a proposed transient-response criterion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1955
Accession Number
ADA376910

Entities

People

  • Howard L. Turner
  • John S. White
  • Rudolph D. Van Dyke Jr.

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Flight
  • Flight Testing
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Instrumentation
  • Level Flight
  • Maneuvers
  • Operating Systems
  • Stabilization Systems
  • Steady State
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Two Dimensional
  • Unmanned Systems

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Control Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control