An investigation of large tilt-rotor short-term attitude response handling qualities requirements in hover

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1510-1525

  Malpica, Carlos A ^a   Decker, William A ^a   Theodore, Colin R ^a   Blanken, Chris L ^b   Berger, Tom ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b US Army AMRDEC Development   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS; ATTITUDE AND HEADINGS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; PILOTED SIMULATIONS; ROTORCRAFT INDUSTRY; TILT-ROTOR AIRCRAFTS; TURBULENCE CONDITIONS; VERTICAL MOTION SIMULATORS;

AIRCRAFT; BANDWIDTH; HELICOPTER ROTORS; NASA; ROTORS;

VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84884357780     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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