The results of an in-flight investigation of the feasibility of conducting a successful landing following a launch-pad abort of a vertically-launched lifting body are presented. The study attempted to duplicate the abort-to-land-ing trajectory from the point of apogee through final flare and included the steep glide and a required high-speed, low-altitude turn to the runway heading. The steep glide was flown by reference to ground-provided guidance. The low-altitude turn was flown visually with a reduced field- of-view duplicating that of the simulated lifting body. Results from the in-flight experiment are shown to agree with ground-based simulation results; however, these tests should not be regarded as a definitive due to performance and control law dissimilarities between the two vehicles.


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    Title :

    Flight-Simulated Launch-Pad-Abort-to-Landing Maneuvers for a Lifting Body


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference ; 1998 ; Boston, MA, United States


    Publication date :

    1998-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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