A new wind shear warning system for powered-lift STOL aircraft was evaluated by using a flight simulator. Wind shear warning systems for CTOL aircraft have been designed to detect horizontal shear only. Because the approach air speed of STOL aircraft is lower than that for CTOL aircraft, STOL aircraft are more vulnerable to vertical wind due to (1) a gradient of horizontal shear that is smaller for STOL than for CTOL aircraft because of slower airspeed; (2) STOL aircraft spend longer time in a downdraft; and (3) vertical wind causes a more radical change in the STOL aircraft's flight path because of its lower airspeed. In order to detect the vertical wind, the wind shear warning system proposed calculates the difference between potential flight path measured on-board during shear traversal and trimmed flight path estimated from aircraft status. The most characteristic feature of this new system is that it utilizes only inertial information and pitot-static airspeed data; this yields a convenient means of on-board implementation. Simulation test results confirm that the new system can detect the vertical shear.


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    Titel :

    A method of wind shear detection for powered-lift STOL aircraft


    Beteiligte:
    Funabiki, Kohei (Autor:in) / Bando, Toshio (Autor:in) / Tanaka, Keiji (Autor:in) / Hynes, Charles S. (Autor:in) / Hardy, Gordon H. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1993-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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