Longitudinal stability and control derivatives of a jet fighter airplane extracted from flight test data by utilizing maximum likelihood estimation /
George G. Steinmetz, Russell V. Parrish, and Roland L. Bowles.

Description

Main Author

Steinmetz, George G.

Related Names

Parrish, Russell V.
Bowles, Roland L.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Langley Research Center.

Language(s)

English

Published

Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1972.

Subjects

Parameter estimation.
Stability of airplanes, Longitudinal.

Summary

"A method of parameter extraction for stability and control derivatives of aircraft from flight test data, implementing maximum likelihood estimation, has been developed and successfully applied to actual longitudinal flight test data from a modern sophisticated jet fighter. The results of this application establish the merits of the estimation technique and its computer implementation (allowing full analyst interaction with the program) as well as provide data for the validation of a portion of the Langley differential maneuvering simulator (DMS). The results are presented for all flight test runs in tabular form and as time history comparisons between the estimated states and the actual flight test data."--P. [i].

Note

"L7882."
"NASA TN D-6532."
"March 1972."
Also available online in PDF from NASA Technical Reports Server Web site.

Physical Description

43 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

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