24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-4.6.4

A SIMPLIFIED HAZARD AREA PREDICTION (SHAPE) MODEL FOR WAKE VORTEX ENCOUNTER AVOIDANCE

K-U. Hahn, C. Schwarz, H. Friehmelt
German Aerospace Center, Institute of Flight Systems Lilienthalplatz 7, 38108 Braunschweig, Germany

Keywords: safety, wake vortex, encounter, hazard area, separation distance

This paper gives details from offline simulations, full-flight simulator studies and the preparation of a flight test experiment using the In-Flight Simulation capability of DLR’s (German Aerospace Center) test aircraft ATTAS (Advanced Technologies Testing Aircraft) to validate safe boundaries around a wake vortex for encounter avoidance.

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