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Optimal takeoff performance of a vectored thrust aircraft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

G. Avanzini  and
G. de Matteis
G. Avanzini
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanics and AeronauticsUniversity of Rome, Rome, Italy
G. de Matteis
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanics and AeronauticsUniversity of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Abstract

The optimal takeoff performance of a vectored thrust V/Stol aircraft is analysed by a nonlinear programming method based on a sequential unconstrained minimisation technique. The study is focused on ship operations which involve VTO and ski-jump STO launches. Once the optimal ramp geometry is determined, minimum-fuel and minimum-time problems are solved. The optimal control sequences are evaluated and the effects of ship motion and atmospheric winds are discussed. A microburst encounter following an STO launch is also dealt with in terms of aircraft survival.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 99 , Issue 987 , September 1995 , pp. 275 - 281
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1995 

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