An Investigation Relating Longitudinal Pilot-Induced Oscillation Tendency Ratings to Describing Function Predictions for Rate-Limited Actuators (Project MAX GAP)

Abstract

This report presents the results of Project MAX QAP, a method of predicting pilot induced oscillations (PIO) caused by actuator rate limiting. The overall test objective was to correlate, if possible, Pilot-induced Oscillation Tendency Ratings with a new preflight calculation called the Gap Criterion. The Air Force Institute of Technology, Engineering Department (AFIT/ENY) requested this testing. The USAF Test Pilot School (TPS), Class 03A, conducted 8 flight test totaling 10.8 hours at Edwards AFB, California, from 16 to 22 October 2003.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA421043

Entities

People

  • Joel Witte
  • Kris Cowart
  • Rich Salasovich
  • Svend Monson
  • Thomas Washington

Organizations

  • Air Force Test Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Actuators
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Flight Simulators
  • Lessons Learned
  • Simulators
  • Target Tracking
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

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  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Operations Research
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.