A Full-Time Yaw Damper for the Starship Flying Scale Prototype

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Leland R., author.

Conference Name:

General Aviation Aircraft Meeting and Exposition (1985-04-16 : Wichita, Kansas, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1985

Summary:

A flight test yaw damper for Dutch roil damping improvement has been designed for the Starship flying scale prototype. An analytical study was also performed using linear analysis of a wide variety of flight conditions. Flight test results confirmed a noticeable improvement in ride qualities with the yaw damper engaged. An unexpected benefit was improved directional handling qualities during deep-stall testing

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Publisher Number:

850912

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