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Handling Qualities Results of an Initial Geared Flap Tilt Wing Piloted SimulationAn exploratory simulation study of a novel approach to pitch control for a tilt wing aircraft was conducted in 1990 on the NASA-Ames Vertical Motion Simulator. The purpose of the study was to evaluate and compare the handling qualities of both a conventional and a geared flap tilt wing control configuration. The geared flap is an innovative control concept which has the potential for reducing or eliminating the horizontal pitch control tail rotor or reaction jets required by prior tilt wing designs. The handling qualities results of the geared flap control configuration are presented in this paper and compared to the conventional (programmed flap) tilt wing control configuration. This paper also describes the geared flap concept, the tilt wing aircraft, the simulation model, the simulation facility and experiment setup, and the pilot evaluation tasks and procedures.
Document ID
20000023186
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Guerrero, Lourdes M.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Corliss, Lloyd D.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.
ISSN: 0148-7191
Subject Category
Aircraft Stability And Control
Report/Patent Number
SAE-911201
Meeting Information
Meeting: Aerospace Atlantic
Location: Dayton, OH
Country: United States
Start Date: April 22, 1991
End Date: April 26, 1991
Sponsors: Engineering Society for Advancing Mobility Land, Sea
Distribution Limits
Public
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