The application of a modified Rutowski logic to mission throttle/energy management was extended, investigating additional types of mission segments and providing a means of logically integrating optimum segments into mission profiles. Measurable fuel savings through throttle modulation were predicted for a demonstration flight mission for the F-4E airplane. A flight path and throttle control system was designed for following the optimum paths. A hybrid simulation plan was prepared.
Analysis and Simulation of Variable Throttle/Energy Management Concepts for Fighter Aircraft
1974
152 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aeronautics , Jet fighters , Mission profiles , Energy management , Throttling , Flight paths , Control theory , Control systems , Logic , Simulation , Fuel consumption , Display systems , Mathematical models , Optimization , Intercept trajectories , Descent trajectories , Rutowski logic , F-4E aircraft , F-4K aircraft , F-4 aircraft