Since the late 1950's, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Dryden Flight Research Facility has found in-flight simulation to be an invaluable tool. In-flight simulation has been used to address a wide variety of flying qualities questions, including low-lift-to-drag ratio approach characteristics for vehicles like the X-15, the lifting bodies, and the Space Shuttle; the effects of time delays on controllability of aircraft with digital flight-control systems, the causes and cures of pilot-induced oscillation in a variety of aircraft, and flight-control systems for such diverse aircraft as the X-15 and the X-29. In-flight simulation has also been used to anticipate problems and to avoid them and to solve problems once they appear. Presented here is an account of the in-flight simulation at the Dryden Flight Research Facility and some discussion. An extensive bibliography is included.


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    Title :

    In-flight simulation studies at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA Simulation Technology Conference ; 1991 ; New Orleans, LA, United States


    Publication date :

    1992-07-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English