An account is given of the features and performance of a manual landing flare and touchdown system capable of great precision, as demonstrated by its installation in the NASA Quiet Short-haul Research Aircraft (QSRA). The integrated cockpit display and closed-loop control employed constitutes a trajectory-augmentation system that extends QSRA flight control from augmentation of altitude, flight path angle, and airspeed, to the augmentation of the trajectory itself. The + or - 18 ft touchdown dispersion achieved is approximately equal to that obtained during aircraft carrier trials of the same aircraft.
Flight evaluation of an integrated control and display system for high-precision manual landing flare of powered-lift STOL aircraft
International Powered Lift Conference and Exposition ; 1987 ; Santa Clara, CA, United States
1988-01-01
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English
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