Assessment of proposed fighter agility metrics Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • 1990 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. All rights reserved. This paper presents the results of an analysis of proposed metrics to assess fighter aircraft agility. A novel framework for classifying these metrics is developed and applied. A set of transient metrics intended to quantify the axial and pitch agility of fighter aircraft is evaluated with a high fidelity, nonlinear F-18 simulation. Test techniques and data reduction methods are proposed, and sensitivities to pilot introduced errors during flight testing is investigated. Results indicate that the power onset and power loss parameters are promising candidates for quantifying axial agility, while maximum pitch up and pitch down rates are for quantifying pitch agility.

name of conference

  • 17th Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

published proceedings

  • 17th Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

author list (cited authors)

  • LIEFER, R., VALASEK, J., EGGOLD, D., & DOWNING, D.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • LIEFER, RANDALL||VALASEK, JOHN||EGGOLD, DAVID||DOWNING, DAVID

publication date

  • August 1990