This document describes a speed control law for precision in-trail airborne self-spacing during final approach. This control law was designed to provide an operationally viable means to obtain a desired runway threshold crossing time or minimum distance, one aircraft relative to another. The control law compensates for dissimilar final approach speeds between aircraft pairs and provides guidance for a stable final approach. This algorithm has been extensively tested in Monte Carlo simulation and has been evaluated in piloted simulation, with preliminary results indicating acceptability from operational and workload standpoints.


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    Title :

    Speed Control Law for Precision Terminal Area In-Trail Self Spacing


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2002


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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