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Handling Qualities Results of an Initial Geared Flap Tilt Wing Piloted Simulation
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An exploratory simulation study of a novel approach to pitch control for a tilt wing aircraft was conducted in 1990 on the NASA-Ames Vertical Motion Simulator. The purpose of the study was to evaluate and compare the handling qualities of both a conventional and a geared flap tilt wing control configuration. The geared flap is an innovative control concept which has the potential for reducing or eliminating the horizontal pitch control tail rotor or reaction jets required by prior tilt wing designs. The handling qualities results of the geared flap control configuration are presented in this paper and compared to the conventional (programmed flap) tilt wing control configuration. This paper also describes the geared flap concept, the tilt wing aircraft, the simulation model, the simulation facility and experiment setup, and the pilot evaluation tasks and procedures.
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Guerrero, L. and Corliss, L., "Handling Qualities Results of an Initial Geared Flap Tilt Wing Piloted Simulation," SAE Technical Paper 911201, 1991, https://doi.org/10.4271/911201.Also In
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- Guerrero, L. M. Corliss, L. D. “Initial Piloted Simulation Study of Geared Flap Control for Tilt Wing V/STOL Aircraft”
- Churchill, G. “Evaluation of Geared Flap Control System for Tiltwing V/STOL Aircraft” Boeing Vertol Report No. D8-2076 January 1969
- Churchill, G. Totah, J. “Mathematical Model of a Tilt Wing Aircraft”