Aircraft flight and ground tests and simulator studies were conducted to explore pilot-induced oscillation tendencies. Linear and nonlinear calculations of the integrated flight control system's characteristics were made to analyze and predict the system's performance and stability. The investigations showed that the small-amplitude PIO tendency was caused by the interaction of the pilot with a combination of the aircraft's short-period poles and the structural first bending mode zeros. It was found that the large-amplitude PIO's were triggered by abrupt corrective control actions by the pilot, which caused the stability augmentation system servo to position and rate limit. The saturation in turn caused additional phase lag, further increasing the tendency of the overall system to sustain a PIO.


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    Title :

    Analysis of longitudinal pilot-induced oscillation tendencies of YF-12 aircraft


    Contributors:
    Smith, J. W. (author) / Berry, D. T. (author)

    Publication date :

    1975-02-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English