A Flightpath Overshoot Flying Qualities Metric for the Landing Task

Berry, Donald T. (1986) A Flightpath Overshoot Flying Qualities Metric for the Landing Task. Technical Report NASA TM-86795, Research Engineering, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.

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Abstract

An analysis was conducted of the attitude and flightpath angle response of configurations used in the Total In-Flight Simulator (TIFS) pitch-rate command systems program. The results show poor correlation between pilot ratings and attitude response and indicate that attitude was not a major influence in the results. A strong correlation was found to exist, however, between the amount of flightpath angle peak overshoot and the pilot ratings. This correlation is similar to the best correlations that have been obtained in recent closed-loop and time-domain analyses but has the advantage of greatly simplified implementation and interpretation.

EPrint Type:	NASA Technical Memorandum
Keywords:	Flightpath, Handling qualities, Landing task, Superaugmented aircraft
Subjects:	(01 - 09) Aeronautics: (08) Aircraft Stability And Control
ID Code:	534
Deposited On:	25 January 2006
Additional Information:	11 pages. Prepared as AIAA Paper 86-0334 for presentation at AIAA 24th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 6–9, 1986.