Longitudinal emergency control system using thrust modulation demonstrated on an MD-11 airplane

32nd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1-14

  Burken, John J ^a   Maine, Trindel A ^a   Burcham, Frank W ^a   Kahler, Jefferya ^b  

^a NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b HONEYWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; AIRCRAFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS; CONTROL SURFACES; CONTROLLERS; ENGINES; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; MODULATION; PROPULSION; SOFTWARE TESTING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

AERODYNAMIC CONTROL; ANALYTICAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENGINE OPERATIONS; FLIGHT TEST PROGRAMS; FLIGHTPATH CONTROL; INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEMS; LONGITUDINAL CONTROLLERS;

LONGITUDINAL CONTROL;

EID: 84961879821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-3062     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. Hughes, David and Michael A. Domheim, “United DC-10 Crashes in Sioux City, Iowa,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, July 24, 1989, pp. 96-98.
2. Burcham, F. W., Jr.., Trindel Maine, John J. Burken, and Drew Pappas, “Development and Flight Test of an Augmented Thrust-Only Flight Control System on an MD-11 Transport Airplane,” AIAA 96-3742, July, 1996.
3. Burcham, F. W., Jr., John Burken, and Trindel A. Maine, Flight Testing a Propulsion-Controlled Aircraft Emergency Flight Control System on an F-15 Airplane, NASA TM-4590, 1994.
4. Burcham, F. W., Jr.., and C. Gordon Fullerton, Controlling Crippled Aircraft—With Throttles, NASA TM-104238,1991.
5. Gilyard, Glenn B., Joseph L. Conley, Jeanette Le, and Burcham, F. W., Jr.., A Simulation Evaluation of a Four-Engine Jet Transport Using Engine Thrust Modulation for Flightpath Control, NASA TM-4324, 1991.
6. Burcham, F. W., Jr.., Trindel Maine, and Thomas Wolf, Flight Testing and Simulation of an F-15 Airplane Using Throttles for Flight Control, NASA TM-104255, 1992.
7. Burken, John J., Burcham, F. W., Jr.., Trindel A. Maine, John Feather, Steven Goldthorpe, and Jeffrey, Kahler, “Flight Test of a Propulsion-Based Emergency Control System on the MD-11 Airplane with Emphasis on the Lateral Axis,” AIAA 96-3919, 1996.