This report documents an effort to expand on flying qualities design criteria for precision (STOL) landings. The primary emphasis is on non-powered lift, fighter-type aircraft using frontside control technique for longitudinal flight path control. The major thrust of this effort is, therefore, to be able to increase sortie generation due to bomb-damaged runways. Handling qualities criteria for STOL approaches and landings are developed. The proposed criteria have two elements: (1) the proper Response-type for the task and (2) the minimum attitude and flight path bandwidths. Supporting data is reasonably complete for powered lift STOL aircraft, but less so for fighter STOL's. Fighter STOL's use precision touchdown accuracy and thrust reversing to achieve short field performance. A brief piloted moving base simulation was run on the USAF LAMARS to provide some data. Additional data was correlated from a variable stability inflight simulation of precision landings. A computer program was written to calculate all potential longitudinal and lateral handling qualities parameters for STOL approaches and landings. Finally, an extensive test plan is intended to provide guidance for future STOL testing. Keywords: LAMARS(Large Amplitude Multimode Research Simulator); Stability augmentation.
STOL Handling Qualities Criteria for Precision Landings
1986
182 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aeronautics , Air Transportation , Short takeoff aircraft , Aircraft landings , Accuracy , Amplitude , Approach , Augmentation , Bandwidth , Bomb damage , Computer programs , Control , Fighter aircraft , Flight control systems , Flight paths , Handling , Inflight , Lift , Motion , Pilots , Planning , Powered lift , Quality , Runways , Simulation , Simulators , Stability , Test and evaluation , Test methods , Thrust reversal , Variables , LAMARS(Large Amplitude Multimode Research Simulator) , Stability Augmentation