The provision of STOVL capability and a Supersonic capability in a small combat aircraft simultaneously introduces design and operational penalties, freedoms and complexities. The respective minimization, exploitation, and simplification of these represents a unique challenge, which must be met in order to maximise overall cost-effectiveness. The key to this lies in the full exploitation of the potential for powerplant/airframe integration of the advanced STOVL aircraft, via the integrated Flight/Powerplant Control System (IFPCS).The overall design philosophy and control strategies of the IFPCS are highlighted and discussed with particular reference to the single-engined vectoring nozzle aircraft. These include:
Propulsion/Aerodynamic Integration in ASTOVL Combat Aircraft
Sae Technical Papers
SAE International Powered Lift Conference and Exposition ; 1987
1987-12-01
Conference paper
English
ASTOVL combat aircraft design synthesis and optimization
TIBKAT | 1992
|Online Contents | 1996
The Direct Lift ASTOVL Aircraft
British Library Conference Proceedings
|ASTOVL propulsion concept runs at GE - GE's YF120 is baseline engine for McDonnell's ASTOVL
Online Contents | 1995
ASTOVL aircraft mission performance sensitivity studies
AIAA | 1993
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