The effects of using variable-sweep wings on the riding quality and mission-performance characteristics of commuter-type aircraft were studied. A fixed-wing baseline vehicle and a variable-sweep version of the baseline were designed and evaluated. Both vehicles were twin-turboprop, pressurized-cabin, 30-passenger commuter aircraft with identical mission requirements. Mission performance was calculated with and without various ride-quality constraints for several combinations of cruise altitude and stage lengths. The variable-sweep aircraft had a gross weight of almost four percent greater than the fixed-wing baseline in order to meet the design-mission requirements. In smooth air, the variable sweep configuration flying with low sweep had a two to three percent fuel-use penalty. However, the imposition of quality constraints in rough air can result in advantages in both fuel economy and flight time for the variable-sweep vehicle flying with high sweep.


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    Titel :

    Application of Variable-Sweep Wings to Commuter Aircraft


    Beteiligte:
    A. W. Robins (Autor:in) / F. L. Beissner (Autor:in) / W. A. Lovell (Autor:in) / J. E. Price (Autor:in) / R. V. Turriiziani (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1983


    Format / Umfang :

    30 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    Application of variable-sweep wings to commuter aircraft

    Robins, A. W. / Beissner, F. L., Jr. / Lovell, W. A. et al. | NTRS | 1983


    Aircraft with Variable-Sweep Wings

    Page, R.K. | Emerald Group Publishing | 1965


    Aircraft with variable-sweep wings

    Page, R.K. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1965



    Mechanical Aspects of Variable Sweep Wings

    Paget, F. M. | SAE Technical Papers | 1967