COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR ESTIMATING AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE

摘要

A set of computer programs has been developed to estimate the takeoff and initial climb-out maneuver of a given aircraft in three-dimensional space. The program is applicable to conventional, vectored lift and power-lift con¬cept aircraft. The aircraft is treated as a point mass flying over a flat earth with no side slip, and the rotational dynamics have been neglected. The required input is described and a sample case presented.