Comparison of pure helicopter, winged helicopter, tilt-wing propeller VTOL-STOL aircraft, and fixed-wing direct-control STOL aircraft to determine effect of their configuration characteristics on agility performance; maneuvers included horizontal acceleration and deceleration performance, normal load factor capability, turning performance, and attack maneuver that combines decelerating turn with straight-line acceleration; winged helicopter was found to have best agility performance up to its top speed of 180 knots; tilt-wing propeller has best acceleration and normal load factor capability.
Agility performance of several V/STOL and STOL aircraft
J Aircraft
Journal of Aircraft ; 1 , n 5
1964
6 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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