Print Email Facebook Twitter Preventing Loss of Aircraft Control Title Preventing Loss of Aircraft Control: Aiding pilots in manual recovery from roll-limited situations Author Koolstra, H.J. (TU Delft Control & Simulation) Contributor Mulder, Max (promotor) van Paassen, M.M. (copromotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2017-07-06 Abstract Loss of aircraft lateral control can be problem, specifically when multi engine propeller aircraft are faced with an engine failure. Another, less frequent phenomena is the loss of lateral control in case of aircraft damage. In this thesis, a method is developed to determine the minimum required aircraft velocity as a function of aircraft state and pilot inputs. This led to a new display that was evaluated with pilots in the loop in the SIMONA research simulator. Test revealed that recovery from roll limited situations is a very demanding task for pilots. The added controllability indications can help but only after extensive training. The handling of unknown damage could, however, improve considerable by using tyhe new indications in combination with a controllability check. Subject Aircraft lateral-directional control, minimum control speed, damaged aircraft. To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:96053b94-0f1a-45cd-9e45-1f39e78c55de ISBN 978-94-6186-816-9 Bibliographical note Herman J. Koolstra is a retired experimental test pilot of the RNLAF. After his retirment he worked for the Military Aviation Authority and started his research at TUDelft at the department of Control and Simulation. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2017 H.J. Koolstra Files PDF dissertation.pdf 4.31 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:96053b94-0f1a-45cd-9e45-1f39e78c55de/datastream/OBJ/view