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NASA research pilot Gordon Fullerton checked out how the PCA software worked in the multi-engine simulator at NASA Ames before fight-testing PCA in an MD-11. |
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Photo Number: | ED05-0092-1 |
Photo Date: | October 11, 1994 |
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Photo Description: |
NASA research pilot Gordon Fullerton checked out how the PCA software worked in the multi-engine simulator at NASA Ames before fight-testing PCA in an MD-11. |
Project Description: |
In landings at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, on August 29 and 30, the MD-11 Propulsion-Controlled Aircraft (PCA) demonstrated software used in the aircraft's flight control computer that essentially landed the MD-11 without a need for the pilot to manipulate the flight controls significantly. In partnership with McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA), with Pratt & Whitney and Honeywell helping to design the software, NASA developed this propulsion-controlled aircraft (PCA) system following a series of incidents in which hydraulic failures resulted in the loss of flight controls. This new system enables a pilot to operate and land the aircraft safely when its normal, hydraulically-activated control surfaces are disabled. |
NASA Photo by: | Tom Trower (NASA Ames) |
Keywords: | PCA, Propulsion-Controlled Aircraft, Gordon Fullerton, simulator, MD-11 |
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