Handling Qualities Test Guide for Powered Lift VTOL Capable Aircraft with Indirect Flight Controls and Operating in Day Time Visual Flight Rules

Details

• Creators:
  Klyde, David ; Mitchell, David ; Shubert, Martin ; Jones, Michael
• Corporate Creators:
  Systems Technology, Inc. ; Mitchell Aerospace Research ; Tiltrotor Flight Test Consulting LLC
• Contributors:
  Sizoo, David ; Schaller, Ross
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Small Airplane Standards Branch ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Flight tests
  • Certification
  • Acceptance tests
  • Tests for suitability, service and quality
  • Handling characteristics
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/TC-23/59
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1528262
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Contracting Officer:
  McGuire, Robert
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
• Abstract:
  Decades ago, the U.S. Army introduced an Aeronautical Design Standard that defined Handling Qualities Requirements for Military Rotorcraft, ADS-33E-PRF in its most recent incarnation and now superseded by MIL-DTL-32742(AR), which introduced a mission-oriented approach that featured a catalog of flight test maneuvers (FTMs) or mission task elements (MTEs). These flight test maneuvers, when executed by at least three test pilot evaluators, provide assigned levels of handling qualities using the well-established Cooper-Harper Handling Qualities Rating Scale. Later, a comprehensive flight test guide was created to layout the procedures and test methods needed to generate the required data to evaluate a given design against the quantitative requirements included in the design standard. Building upon this approach, selected FTMs/MTEs will be used along with other supporting data as means of compliance (MOC) towards civilian type certification of the powered lift configurations designed for the emerging advanced air mobility (AAM) market.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69M15-18-C-00010
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/74025/dot_74025_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.15 MB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7b0791852bd774b33d38f9842fc67395743ad64a3fd4ba4c980f1eaac5a3d12f