Accession Number:

AD0743768

Title:

A Fixed-Base Variable-Stability Carrier Approach Landing Simulator (CALS).

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Kahrs,John Henry , III

Report Date:

1972-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

130.0

Abstract:

The report describes the design and construction of a fixed-base variable-stability simulator facility combined with the task of landing to a carrier or runway. The solution was mechanized on a hybrid computer with the analog computer solving the equations of motion and the digital computer used for storage, control and graphics generation. The display was in the form of a computer drawn picture on a graphics terminal. Control was by a simulated cockpit placed in front of the display and connected to the analog computer. This project was undertaken not as a design of a training aid but rather as a research tool for further studies in control systems, human engineering and aircraft dynamics. Author

Descriptors:

• *FLIGHT SIMULATORS
• *CARRIER LANDINGS
• SIMULATION
• APPROACH
• ANALOG COMPUTERS
• DIGITAL COMPUTERS
• GLIDE PATH SYSTEMS
• FLIGHT PATHS
• CATHODE RAY TUBE SCREENS
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• THESES

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE