A flight investigation was undertaken to assess the potential benefits afforded by a vertical-velocity command system (VVCS) for VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft. This augmentation system was conceived primarily as a means of lowering pilot workload during decelerating approaches to a hover and/or landing under category III instrument meteorological conditions. The scope of the investigation included a determination of acceptable system parameters, a visual flight evaluation, and an instrument flight evaluation which employed a 10 deg, decelerating, simulated instrument approach task. The results indicated that the VVCS, which decouples the pitch and vertical degrees of freedom, provides more accurate glide-path tracking and a lower pilot workload than does the unaugmented system.


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    Titel :

    Flight investigation of a vertical-velocity command system for VTOL aircraft


    Beteiligte:
    Kelly, J. R. (Autor:in) / Niessen, F. R. (Autor:in) / Yenni, K. R. (Autor:in) / Person, L. H., Jr. (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.07.1977


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch