Direction handling qualities criteria for instrument approach task in controlled turbulence were determined using airborne V/STOL simulator, and compared with results for visual approach task, to show that instrument flight demanded more stringent criteria; increasing weathercock stability, in turbulence, required larger values of damping; these minimum directional damping levels were determined by aircraft's response to turbulence; existing recommendations for minimum damping levels did not correlate with experimental results, but recommendations for minimum directional response were found to be adequate for normal operation.
Comparison of V/STOL aircraft directional handling qualities criteria for visual and instrument flight using airborne simulator
Canada. Nat Research Council -- Aeronautical Report
1966
63 pages
Report
Englisch
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Examination of handling qualities criteria for V/STOL aircraft
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