Accession Number:
AD0691299
Title:
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PILOT VISIBILITY FROM A VTOL AIRCRAFT IN OVERWATER HOVER.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. 22 Jun 67-1 Apr 69,
Corporate Author:
CORNELL AERONAUTICAL LAB INC BUFFALO N Y
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Report Date:
1969-04-01
Pagination or Media Count:
58.0
Abstract:
A test program which investigated in small scale the phenomenon of spray generation and the resulting impairment to pilot vision when an in-line VTOL configuration, such as the LTV XC-142A, is in low-altitude overwater hover is described. Also given are the improvements to pilot vision when deflectors are used to divert the spray from principal regions of interest to a pilot. A device in close proximity to the fuselage is, at best, only locally effective. The major conclusion is that a deflector positioned at the water surface cavity produced by the slipstreams of the propellers can be very effective in reducing spray. The use of such a deflector, however, may present potential problems affecting hover performance and spray ingestion through the propeller plane. Author
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Subject Categories:
- VSTOL
- Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems