The recent introduction of thrust-vectoring (TV) maneuverability/controllability into fighter aircraft design methodologies requires reassessment of aircraft equations of motion, especially in the deep poststall (PST) domain. Therefore, a mathematical phenomenology has been developed in this article to assess the main components which affect TV-induced agility and PST-maneuverability. This article identifies the TV-induced forces and moments required to maximize TV control power. It then presents a number of simplified approximate equations for assessing maximized standard agility comparison maneuvers (SACOM) of separate pitch, yaw, and roll TV-induced reversal maneuvers. Such SACOMs are required to compare the performance of future different designs of tailless vectored fighters.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Gal‐Or et al. (1993) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 related papers. Consider them for comparative context: