Flight Testing by Radio Remote Control-Flight Evaluation of a Beep- Control System.

摘要

Handling-quality flight tests were conducted with an SB2C-5 drone under radio remote control from an F6F-5 control plane. Similar tests were conducted with the drone under manual control. A comparison of these tests indicates that the beep-type, remote-control system investigated was generally satisfactory for flight testing an airplane via remote control, including take- off 5 and landings. The restrictions and limitations of the present remote- control equipment are discussed. Suggestions are made for modifications to improve the equipment, both for the present drone and for possible application of the remote-control equipment to high performance airplanes. With regard to system dynamic characteristics and the corresponding autopilot parameter settings, the tests indicated that the dynamic behavior would be satisfactory if the stabilized airplane satisfied a proposed transient-response criterion.