The Estimation of Tail Loading Due to Elevator‐Induced Pitching Manoeuvres: A Proposal for an Approximate Analytical Method for Airworthiness Calculations

Abstract

The general reasons for considering a fresh approach to the calculation of air‐worthiness design tail loads and associated torques due to elevator‐induced pitching manoeuvres are discussed. Then follows a description of the manoeuvre itself, elevator actions to be assumed, and the proposed method of calculating the various response quantities. The analytical treatment of Czaykowski given to the unchecked manoeuvre is extended to cover the checked case in Appendix I, Part III and a comparison is made of the two types of manoeuvre. The application of the work to auto‐pilot feed‐back failure causing hunting of the elevator control is also dealt with. The effect of aircraft size, weight, e.g. position, forward speed and altitude on the various response quantities are discussed, with particular emphasis on the importance of the manoeuvre margin. To avoid possible confusion of terms the two types of elevator‐induced manoeuvre mentioned above and discussed in this paper are defined as follows:

Citation

Richards, P.F. (1960), "The Estimation of Tail Loading Due to Elevator‐Induced Pitching Manoeuvres: A Proposal for an Approximate Analytical Method for Airworthiness Calculations", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 32 No. 1, pp. 2-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb033197