As part of a NASA program to develop the technology of ride quality, a flight-test program has been conducted to obtain subjective reactions of a significant number of test passengers to a variety of controlled and repeatable flight conditions. For these experiments, the computer of a variable-stability research aircraft was programmed to precisely control the aircraft's in-flight motions as specified by motion command signals prerecorded on magnetic tape. Problems initially encountered derived primarily from the quality of the motion command signals and tape playback device, plus the aircraft motion response in degrees of freedom other than that desired. Problem solutions were obtained through the use of filtering and compensating networks. The variable-stability-system modifications, problems encountered, and their solutions are described. The test procedure is described and sample results are presented which illustrate the usefulness of this technique for ride-quality research.


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    Title :

    Ride-quality testing under controlled flight conditions


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Aircraft Systems and Technology Meeting ; 1975 ; Los Angeles, CA


    Publication date :

    1975-08-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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