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E Bruce Jackson

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NASA NTRS2020

NASA’s Flying Qualities Research Contributions to MIL-STD-1797C

U.S. Department of Defense Interface Standard for Flying Qualities of Military Aircraft, MIL-STD-1797B, contains requirements based on decades of research and testing. An update is planned in the future. NASA has conducted or sponsored research projects that can contribute to the update. Results from some of these studies are already included7B, while others have received little or no mention. This report summarizes the most significant of NASA’s contributions to handling qualities for incorporation into MIL-STD-1797C. Topics are classified into one of three areas: directly supporting modifications or additions; amplifying information for existing requirements; or worthy of more detailed investigation.

Handling Qualities, MIL-STD-1797, Aircraft Dynamic↗
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The Impact of Structural Vibration on Flying Qualities of a Supersonic Transport

A piloted simulation experiment has been conducted in the NASA Langley Visual/Motion Simulator facility to address the impact of dynamic aeroelastic effects on flying qualities of a supersonic transport. The intent of this experiment was to determine the effectiveness of several measures that may be taken to reduce the impact of aircraft flexibility on piloting tasks. Potential solutions that were examined included structural stiffening, active vibration suppression, and elimination of visual cues associated with the elastic modes. A series of parametric configurations was evaluated by six test pilots for several types of maneuver tasks. During the investigation, several incidents were encountered in which cockpit vibrations due to elastic modes fed back into the control stick through involuntary motions of the pilot's upper body and arm. The phenomenon, referred to as biodynamic coupling, is evidenced by a resonant peak in the power spectrum of the pilot's stick inputs at a structural mode frequency. The results of the investigation indicate that structural stiffening and compensation of the visual display were of little benefit in alleviating the impact of elastic dynamics on the piloting tasks, while increased damping and elimination of control-effector excitation of the lowest frequency modes offered great improvements when applied in sufficient degree.

David L Raney↗