A SIMULATOR STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A PILOT'S INDICATOR WHICH COMBINED ANGLE OF ATTACK AND RATE OF CHANGE OF TOTAL PRESSURE AS APPLIED TO THE TAKE-OFF ROTATION AND CLIMBOUT OF A SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT

摘要

A simulator study has been made to determine the effectiveness of a single instrument presentation as an aid to the pilot in controlling both rotation and climbout path in take-off. The instrument was basically an angle-of-attack indicator, biased, with a total-pressure-rate input as a means of suppressing the phugoid oscillation. Linearized. six-degree-of-freedom equations of motion were utilized, in simulating a hypothetical supersonic transport as the test vehicle. Each of several experienced pilots performed a number of simulated take-offs, using conventional flight instruments and either an angle-of-attack instrument or the combined angle-of-attack and total-pressure-rate instrument.