A Look at V/STOL for Business Aircraft

720334

02/01/1972

Event
National Business Aircraft Meeting and Engineering Display
Authors Abstract
Content
This paper addresses the three questions: “Is V/STOL capability economically viable for business aircraft, and if so, how does the viability depend on the aircraft concept?”; “How is a V/STOL concept chosen to match a given mission, and what are some of the promising V/STOL concepts for future business aircraft?”; and “What unique operational requirements are likely to be imposed on users of future V/STOL business aircraft?”
A cost-benefit analysis is presented which indicates that a VTOL business aircraft would be more viable economically than a contemporary turbine-powered business aircraft. The combinations of traveler's time value and trip distance for which each aircraft dominates is shown. A discussion is presented on the significance of disc loading as it relates to V/STOL concept application. Preliminary design configuration studies for three different business-aircraft-sized V/STOLs, using three concepts covering a range of disc loading, are presented as examples. A discussion of operational aspects of interest to future users of V/STOL business aircraft by a NASA test pilot with VTOL research aircraft experience is centered around the requirements for routine IFR terminal area operations.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/720334
Pages
14
Citation
Feistel, T., Stewart, E., Gerdes, R., and Smith, K., "A Look at V/STOL for Business Aircraft," SAE Technical Paper 720334, 1972, https://doi.org/10.4271/720334.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 1, 1972
Product Code
720334
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English