A piloted simulator investigation of ground effect on the landing maneuver of a large, tailless, delta-wing airplane,
by C. Thomas Snyder, Fred J. Drinkwater III, and A. David Jones.

Description

Main Author

Snyder, C. Thomas.

Related Names

Jones, A. David, joint author.
Drinkwater, Fred J., joint author.

Language(s)

English

Published

Washington, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va.] 1970.

Subjects

Flight simulators.
Ground-cushion phenomenon.
Supersonic transport planes > Supersonic transport planes / Landing.

Summary

The influence of ground effect on the landing flare characteristics of a supersonic transport airplane (SST) was investigated in a fixed cockpit simulator. Simulations of an ogee-modified delta-wing F5D-1 airplane and a subsonic jet transport were used for evaluating the simulator and as a reference configurations during landing comparisons. Dynamic responses of the SST to seven different ground-effect models during controls-fixed and constant-attitude descents are also presented, followed by piloted subjective assessments. A summary of ground effects on delta-like wings is included in the appendixes.

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Physical Description

viii, 42 p. illus. 27 cm.

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