Development of Systems and Techniques for Landing an Aircraft Using Onboard Television
Gee, Shu W. and Carr, Peter C. and Winter, William R. and Manke, John A. (1978) Development of Systems and Techniques for Landing an Aircraft Using Onboard Television. Technical Report NASA TP-1171, Research Engineering, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.
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Abstract
A flight program was conducted to develop a landing technique with which a pilot could consistently and safely land a remotely piloted research vehicle (RPRV) without outside visual reference except through television. Otherwise, instrumentation was standard. The report considers such factors as the selection of video parameters, the pilot's understanding of the television presentation, the pilot's ground cockpit environment, and the operational procedures for landing. About 30 landings were necessary for a pilot to become sufficiently familiar and competent with the test aircraft to make powered approaches and landings with outside visual references only through television. When steep approaches and landings were made by remote control, the pilot's workload was extremely high. The test aircraft was used as a simulator for the F-15 RPRV, and as such was considered to be essential to the success of landing the F-15 RPRV.
| EPrint Type: | NASA Technical Publication |
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| Keywords: | Landing performance, Remotely piloted research vehicles, Television landings |
| Subjects: | Aircraft/Project: RPRV (01 - 09) Aeronautics: (05) Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance Aircraft/Project: F-15 |
| ID Code: | 684 |
| Deposited On: | 13 Febuary 2006 |
| Additional Information: | 24 pages. |
