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NASA AD-1 Test Reports

The AD-1 obviously had some unique flying qualities, but it also presented very interesting (and undesirable) ground handling qualities. Here are several test reports from the program.

Flight Characteristics of the AD-1 Oblique Wing Research Aircraft

Spin Tunnel Investigation of a 1/13 Scale Model of the AD-1 Oblique Wing Research Aircraft

Flight Determined Aerodynamic Derivatives of the AD-1 Oblique Wing Research Aircraft

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Flying Human Factors Laboratory References — Convair C-131 TIFS

Yesterday featured a photo of the C-131 Total In Flight Simulator, a flying human factors laboratory. Here are more links to information about this unique aircraft:

History of Inflight Simulation Research Paper – includes photos and commentary about TIFS aircraft (AIAA paper from Perdue website)

US Air Force news article (and three high resolution photos) of TIFS last flight

National Museum of the US Air Force Fact Sheet (and 15 high resolution photos)

Aviation Week post about TIFS (includes rare photo of TIFS first flight)

NASA used the TIFS to explore synthetic vision technology.

This is a link to the preliminary design report of the TIFS, research done by Cornell Aero Labs on behalf of the US Air Force. And this is a follow up report on its capabilities.

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Human Factors References for Aircraft Design and Flight Test

Human factors influences the design of physical things, like the control stick and switch shape, but it aslo affects the colors, sounds, and shapes from aircraft instruments and displays.

Here are 3 human factors references to start with:
FAA Human Factors Design Standard

NASA’s Human Systems Integration Division

Boeing article on Human Factors

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