A Look at V/STOL for Business Aircraft Ames Research Center, NASA

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Feistel, T. W., author.

Conference Name:

National Business Aircraft Meeting and Engineering Display (1972-03-15 : Wichita, Kansas, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1972

Summary:

This paper addresses the three questions: "Is V/STOL capability economically viable for business aircraft, and if so, how does the viability depend on the aircraft concept?"; "How is a V/STOL concept chosen to match a given mission, and what are some of the promising V/STOL concepts for future business aircraft?"; and "What unique operational requirements are likely to be imposed on users of future V/STOL business aircraft?"A cost-benefit analysis is presented which indicates that a VTOL business aircraft would be more viable economically than a contemporary turbine-powered business aircraft. The combinations of traveler's time value and trip distance for which each aircraft dominates is shown. A discussion is presented on the significance of disc loading as it relates to V/STOL concept application. Preliminary design configuration studies for three different business-aircraft-sized V/STOLs, using three concepts covering a range of disc loading, are presented as examples. A discussion of operational aspects of interest to future users of V/STOL business aircraft by a NASA test pilot with VTOL research aircraft experience is centered around the requirements for routine IFR terminal area operations

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Publisher Number:

720334

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