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Results of aircraft open-loop tests of an experimental magnetic leader cable system for guidance during roll-out and turnoff
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Bundick Sr., W. Thomas Poole, William L. Middleton, David B. |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | An experimental magnetic leader cable (MLC) system designed to measure aircraft lateral displacement from centerline and heading relative to centerline during rollout, turnoff, and taxi was tested at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility using NASA's Transport System Research Vehicle (TSRV), a modified B-737. The MLC system consisted of ground equipment that produced a magnetic field about a wire along runway centerline and airborne equipment that detected the strength and direction of this field and computed displacement and heading. Results of these tests indicate that estimates of aircraft displacement from centerline produced by the magnetic leader cable system using either of the two algorithms appear to be adequate for use by an automatic control system during rollout, turnoff, and taxi. Estimates of heading, however, are not sufficiently accurate for use, probably because of distortion of the magnetic field by the metal aircraft. |
| File Size | 6241650 |
| Page Count | 39 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19900007451 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7zm07t7n |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Stability And Control Aircraft Equipment Displacement Static Tests Aircraft Control Ground Based Control Dynamic Tests Algorithms Magnetic Coils Electromagnetic Interference Research Aircraft Magnetic Control Aircraft Guidance Automatic Control Taxiing Magnetic Fields Lateral Control Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |