A simulator study of the effectiveness of a pilot's indicator which combined angle of attack and rate of change of total pressure as applied to the take-off rotation and climbout of a supersonic transport /
by Albert W. Hall and Jack E. Harris.

Description

Main Author

Hall, Albert W.

Related Names

Harris, Jack E.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Langley Research Center.

Language(s)

English

Published

Washington, [D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961.

Subjects

Degrees of freedom.
Rotation.
Pitch (Inclination)
Flight paths.
Pressure distribution.
Supersonic transports.
Aircraft pilots.
Angle of attack.
Flight instruments.
Indicating instruments.

Summary

A simulator study has been made to determine the effectiveness of a single instrument presentation as an aid to the pilot in controlling both rotation and climbout path in take-off. The instrument was basically an angle-of-attack indicator, biased with a total-pressure-rate input as a means of suppressing the phugoid oscillation. Linearized six-degree-of-freedom equations of motion were utilized in simulating a hypothetical supersonic transport as the test vehicle. Each of several experienced pilots performed a number of simulated take-offs, using conventional flight instruments and either an angle-of-attack instrument or the combined angle-of-attack and total-pressure-rate instrument.

Note

Document ID: 19980227412.
"NASA TN D-948."
"Langley Research Center, Langley Air Force Base, Va."
"September 1961."
Cover title.
Also available from NASA Technical Reports Server.

Physical Description

26 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

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