The Use of Groundspeed in a Wind Shear and the Flight Evaluation of a Radar-Altimeter-Based System for the Measurement of Groundspeed

Lawrence, David

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The Use of Groundspeed in a Wind Shear and the Flight Evaluation of a Radar-Altimeter-Based System for the Measurement of Groundspeed

1981-07-01
By Lawrence, David

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English

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Creators:

Lawrence, David
Corporate Creators:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Technical Center
Subject/TRT Terms:

Airspeed Flight Dynamics Ground Speed Wind Shear
Publication/ Report Number:

FAA-CT-8l-34
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Final Report
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
Abstract:

The use of ground speed in combination with air speed has been considered and shown to be an effective aid in the execution of an approach and landing in a heavy jet transport airplane. A flight dynamics analysis shows that the response of such aircraft to sudden changes in headwind is quite sluggish, requiring more than 100 seconds for equilibrium conditions to be regained in the worst case.
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PDF
Funding:

151-413-450
Collection(s):

FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace
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File Language:

English

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