ANALYSIS OF ACCELERATIONS, GUST VELOCITIES, AND AIRSPEEDS FROM OPERATIONS OF A TWIN-ENGINE TRANSPORT AIRPLANE ON A TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTE FROM 1950 TO 1952

摘要

VGH time-history data obtained from one type of twin-engine transport airplane during operations from 1950 to 1952 on a transcontinental route are analyzed in order to determine the magnitude and frequency of occur¬rence of gust accelerations, gust velocities, and the associated airspeeds and altitudes. The present results compare favorably with results pre¬viously obtained for a similar type of twin-engine airplane during other operations. A somewhat less severe acceleration history for the present operations than that shown for the other airplane appears to have resulted from a lower operating airspeed in rough air for the present operations. The VGH data and a limited sample of V-G data from another route were synthesized to obtain estimates of overall gust and acceleration histories.