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VTOL Flight Investigation to Develop a Decelerating Instrument Approach Capability
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The inability of available situation displays to provide a decelerating instrument approach capability to a hover led to a flight research program in which control-command information was displayed for three degrees of freedom. The test aircraft (NASA's CH-46C in-flight simulator) was stabilized with high-gain attitude command system. Using this system, the pilot was able to decelerate the aircraft to a hover while simultaneously following a 6 deg glidepath. Although these tests demonstrate the potential of this concept, a number of factors, including adequate integration of command and situation information, were identified as affecting pilot acceptance of the system.
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Garren, J., Kelly, J., and Sommer, R., "VTOL Flight Investigation to Develop a Decelerating Instrument Approach Capability," SAE Technical Paper 690693, 1969, https://doi.org/10.4271/690693.Also In
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