The receiver aircraft needs to have the ability to accurately track the flight path during the probe and drogue aerial refueling, but the conventional military flying qualities standards are insufficient. In this paper, a man-machine closed-loop system for the probe and drogue refueling task is established, and a digital virtual flight simulation method is used to simulate closed-loop tracking tasks. Based on the task-dependent handling-quality metric derived by simulation results, the pilot’s perception of task difficulty is evaluated, so as to reflect the flying qualities of the receiver to track the flight path. By comparing the handling-quality metric with the Cooper-Harper rating obtained from the mission-based human-in-the-loop flight test, quantitative requirements for handling-quality metric are proposed. The conclusions can provide important theoretical reference for the design of flight control laws for the probe and drogue refueling mode and the simulation method proposed in this paper has an extensive application prospect in the prediction of flying qualities.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Longitudinal Flying Qualities Evaluation Method for Receiver in Probe and Drogue Aerial Refueling


    Contributors:
    Lu, Chang (author) / Wang, Lixin (author) / Yue, Ting (author) / Liu, Hailiang (author)


    Publication date :

    2020-07-01


    Size :

    3105951 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Aerial Refueling Probe/Drogue System

    D. Ferwerda / S. McLaughlin / J. Ingmire et al. | NTIS | 2018


    Probe and drogue system in aerial refueling

    Speas, C.A. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1955


    Aerial Refueling Interoperability from a Receiver Flying Qualities Perspective

    Ludwig, D. J. / North Atlantic Treaty Organization | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993


    Vision Algorithms for UAVs Aerial Refueling Using Probe-Drogue

    Xu, Zhen Dong ;Wang, Ya Ming ;Liu, Yan Chun | Trans Tech Publications | 2013