| Download | - View final version: A flight investigation of the influence of various levels of dihedral effect on V/STOL aircraft directional handling qualities (PDF, 3.5 MiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40003430 |
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| Author | Search for: McGregor, D. M.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada
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| Format | Text, Technical Report |
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| Physical description | 41 p. |
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| Abstract | An investigation into the influence of dihedral effect on the directional angular rate dampings and control sensitivities required for both normal and emergency operation was undertaken, using an airborne V/STOL simulator. The visual flight task performed by the pilots during thc evaluation included hovering turns and a complete circuit terminated by a low speed, steep angle approach to touch-down. Both a simulated steady wind and synthetic lateral turbulence were introduced into the simulation to represent realistic flight conditions. As the dihedral effect was raised the normal operation boundaries moved to higher levels of both directional angular rate damping and control sensitivity, while the emergency operation boundaries were found to be essentially insensitive to this parameter. |
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| Publication date | 1964-11 |
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| Publisher | National Research Council of Canada. National Aeronautical Establishment |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | No |
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| NRC number | NRCC 8281 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | 6732e258-a2a4-492d-882a-ccdecdd5ffe8 |
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| Record created | 2020-02-13 |
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| Record modified | 2024-11-05 |
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