A systematic investigation was conducted of STOL transport terminal area directional control characteristics to identify the significant considerations and to establish appropriate directional control criteria. The investigation consisted of an analysis of existing data and a moving-base flight simulator program using the NASA Ames Research Center S-16 Moving Cab Transport Simulator. The simulator test program covered a broad range of lateral and directional aerodynamic characteristics representative of typical STOL transport aircraft. This effort is the second phase of an extensive STOL simulation program, the first phase of which was devoted to the investigation of lateral control characteristics. The present study revealed the existence of an appreciable interaction between the roll and the heading control tasks which suggests that roll-mode damping requirements should be specified in terms of the heading delay characteristics. Lateral control sensitivity tests were conducted which corroborated the results of the first phase of the program. (Author)
A Flight Simulator Study of STOL Transport Directional Control Characteristics
1971
135 pages
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English