The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center completed a series of research flights to better understand the challenges of aircraft wake surfing using civilian airplanes and commercial avionics. Airlines and air cargo carriers have identified uncertainty about increased passenger/crew discomfort due to noise and vibrations as a potential obstacle to the widespread adoption of aircraft wake surfing. To measure the effects of wake surfing on passenger ride quality, NASA instrumented a business jet with cabin noise and vibration sensors. The airplane was then flown under control of an experimental autopilot at multiple locations within the wake of a similar airplane. This paper presents a summary of the measurements collected on those flights, an assessment of passenger discomfort correlated with wake surfing performance benefits, and qualitative evaluations collected from passengers aboard during the research flights.


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    Title :

    Experimental Measurements of Passenger Ride Quality During Aircraft Wake Surfing


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    2018 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference ; 2018 ; Atlanta, GA, United States


    Publication date :

    2018-06-25


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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