A simulator study of vortex encounters was conducted for a twin-engine, commercial, jet transport airplane encountering the vortex flow field of a heavy, four-engine, commercial, jet transport airplane in the final-approach configuration. The encounters were conducted with fixed controls and with a pilot using a state-of-the-art, manual-control system. Piloted encounters with the base-line vortex flow field out of ground effect (unattenuated) resulted in initial bank-angle excursions greater than 40 deg, coupled with initial sideslip-angle excursions greater than 10 deg. The severity of these initial upsets was significantly reduced when the vortex center was moved laterally or vertically away from the flight path of the encountering airplane. Smaller reductions occurred when the flow field was attenuated by the flight spoilers on the generating airplane. The largest reduction in the severity of the initial upsets, however, was from aging in ground effect. The severity of the initial upsets of the following airplane was relatively unaffected by the approach speed. Increasing the lift coefficient of the generating airplane resulted in an increase in the severity of the initial upsets.
Simulator Study of Vortex Encounters by a Twin-Engine, Commercial, Jet Transport Airplane
1982
65 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Air Transportation , Transportation Safety , Aerodynamics , Aircraft hazards , Aircraft wakes , Commercial aircraft , Flight simulation , Flow distribution , Transport aircraft , Vortices , Aerodynamic characteristics , Aerodynamic coefficients , Aircraft control , Aircraft landing , Airspeed , Ground effect (Aerodynamics) , Manual control , Spoilers
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