Turning performance is studied in 'energy approximation' for aircraft incorporating thrust vectoring. Over much of the energy range, this capability provides a small efficiency improvement in energy rate and in sustainable turn rate. For aircraft with static thrust in excess of weight, a spectacular improvement in maneuverability is realized at energies low enough to permit hover; in energy approximation, this amounts to instantaneous turn capability. A numerical example illustrates the effect, which is dominant at low energies, and has influence at high energies as well.
Thrust-vectored energy turns
Verwendung von Schub-Vektormethoden zur Untersuchung optimaler Steuerbedingungen bei Flugzeugen
Automatica, Oxford ; 18 , 5 ; 559-564
1982
6 Seiten, 4 Bilder, 12 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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