A program of flight control technology applicable to an Advance Medium STOL Transport (AMST) airplane equipped with a vectored-thrust powered lift system has been conducted. Low q moment producers were evaluated. Mathematical models (control laws) of control systems suitable for the STOL landing approach were defined. The effect of control system mechanization complexity on performance, weight, cost, safety, design risk, and vulnerability to small arms fire was evaluated. A candidate control system was selected and its performance was validated using a piloted moving base simulation. While this study specifically concerned control technology for airplanes equipped with the vectored thrust form of powered lift, the results are considered to have direct application to airplanes with other forms of powered lift, such as internally blown jet flaps and upper surface blown flaps. (Author)
STOL Tactical Aircraft Investigation. Volume V. Part I. Flight Control Technology: System Analysis and Trade Studies for a Medium STOL Transport with Vectored Thrust/Mechanical Flaps
1973
257 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aircraft , Thrust vector control systems , Short take-off planes , Flight control systems , Performance(Engineering) , Tactical air support , Aerodynamic configurations , Aerodynamic characteristics , Control systems , Response , Servomechanisms , Jet flaps , Mathematical models , AMST(Advanced Medium STOL Transports) , Advanced medium STOL transports , Control theory , Feedback control