The third flight research program using the variable stability X-22A was undertaken to investigate control, display, and guidance requirements for VTOL instrument transitions. The primary purpose of the experiment was to provide meaningful data related to the interaction of aircraft control system and displayed information characteristics on pilot rating and performance during a steep decelerating descending transition from a representative forward velocity (100 Kt) to the hover completely under instrument conditions. Thirty-eight in-flight evaluations were performed of combinations of five generic display presentations, ranging from position-information-only to four-axis control directors, and five levels of control augmentation systems, ranging from rate-augmentation-only to decoupled longitudinal and vertical velocity responses and automatic configuration changes.
A Flight Investigation of Control, Display, and Guidance Requirements for Decelerating Descending VTOL Instrument Transitions Using the X-22A Variable Stability Aircraft. Volume II. Background Information and Supporting Data
1975
252 pages
Report
No indication
English
Control Devices & Equipment , Human Factors Engineering , Aircraft , Flight control systems , Vertical takeoff aircraft , Man machine systems , Flight testing , Interactions , Performance(Human) , Flight paths , Display systems , Augmentation , Research aircraft , Deceleration , Transitions , Variable stability aircraft , X-22A aircraft , Transitional flight , X-22 aircraft
VTOL Flight Investigation to Develop a Decelerating Instrument Approach Capability
SAE Technical Papers | 1969
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