Resume and analysis of NACA lateral control researchAn analysis of the principal results of recent lateral control research is made. Two things are considered of primary importance in judging the effectiveness of different control devices: The (calculated) banking and yawing motion of a typical small airplane caused by a deflection of the control, and the stick force required to produce this deflection. The report includes a table in which a number of different lateral control devices are compared on these bases. Test flights demonstrated that satisfactory lateral control at high angles of attack depends as much on the retention of stability as on aileron effectiveness.
Document ID
19760011978
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Authors
Weick, F. E. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Jones, R. T. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)