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Frank W. Burcham
Researcher at Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center
Publications - 43
Citations - 723
Frank W. Burcham is an academic researcher from Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fly-by-wire & Flight simulator. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 43 publications receiving 714 citations.
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Development and Flight Evaluation of an Emergency Digital Flight Control System Using Only Engine Thrust on an F-15 Airplane
TL;DR: Results from a 36-flight evaluation showed that the PCA system can be used to safety land an airplane that has suffered a major flight control system failure and was used to recover from a severe upset condition, descend, and land.
Using Engine Thrust for Emergency Flight Control: MD-11 and B-747 Results
TL;DR: In this paper, the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center has developed a propulsion-controlled aircraft (PCA) system in which computer-controlled engine thrust provides emergency flight control, which can operate without modifications to engine control systems.
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A simulation evaluation of a four-engine jet transport using engine thrust modulation for flightpath control
TL;DR: The use of throttle control laws to provide adequate flying qualities for flight path control in the event of a total loss of conventional flight control surface use was evaluated in this paper, where the results were based on a simulation evaluation by transport research pilots of a B-720 transport with visual display.
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Flight-Test Results of Propulsion-Only Emergency Control System on MD-11 Airplane
John J. Burken,Frank W. Burcham +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a large, civilian, multi-engine transport MD-11 airplane control system was recently modie ed to perform as an emergency backup controller using engine thrust only.
Development and Flight Test of an Emergency Flight Control System Using Only Engine Thrust on an MD-11 Transport Airplane
TL;DR: An emergency flight control system that uses only engine thrust, called the propulsion-controlled aircraft (PCA) system, was developed and flight tested on an MD-11 airplane as discussed by the authors.