Landing Field Performance of Low L/D Gliding Airframes
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
7-29-2024
Abstract
Practical High-Mach airframes need to safely land under all circumstances, including situations with engines inoperative. We review and expand upon work which originated during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s regarding “dead-stick” landing of low peak L/D research airframes (such as the X-1, X-2, X-3, X-15 and the famous “lifting body” series M2 F1, M2-F2, M2-F3,X-24 and HL-10). Such airframes will fly neither a standard stabilized approach nor execute a standard flare as would conventional aircraft. Instead, they perform a complex dynamical maneuver initiated far from the runway threshold to arrest their sink rate. We document the necessary speeds and maneuvering procedures to safely land such aircraft.
Source Publication
AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024
Recommended Citation
Takahashi, T. T., Camberos, J. A., & Grandhi, R. (2024). Landing Field Performance of Low L/D Gliding Airframes. AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024, Session: Aircraft Performance, AIAA 2024-3911. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-3911
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Conference Session: Aircraft Performance