Agility

from the Virginia Tech Aircraft Design Information Sources pages

Bitten, R., "Qualitative and Quantitative Comparison of Government and Industry Agility Metrics," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 27, No. 3 March, 1990, pp. 276-282.

Drajeske, M.H., and Riley, D.R., "Relationships Between Agility Metrics and Flying Qualities," SAE Paper 901003, April 1990.

Tamrat, B., "Fighter Aircraft Agility Assessment Concepts and Their Implications on Future Agile Fighter Design," AIAA 88-4400, Sept. 1988.

Hodgkinson, J., Skow, A., Ettinger, R., Lynch, U., Laboy, O., Chody, J., and Cord, T.J., "Relationship Between Flying Qualities, Transient Agility, and Operational Effectiveness of Fighter Aircraft," AIAA 88-4329, 1988.

Eggold, D., Valasek, J., and Downing, D., "The Measurement of the Lateral Agility of the F-18," AIAA 91-2880, Proceedings Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, New Orleans, LA, August, 1991, pp. 315-322.

Chody, J., Hodgkinson, J. and Skow, A., "Combat Aircraft Control Requirements for Agility," Aerodynamics of Combat Aircraft Control and of Ground Effects, AGARD CP- 465, Oct. 1989, Section 2.0 - 3.3.

Mazza, C. "Agility: A Rational Development of Fundamental Metrics and Their Relationship to Flying Qualities," Flying Qualities, AGARD CP-508, Oct. 1990.

Murphy, P. C., and Davidson, J. B., "Control Design for Future Agile Fighters," AIAA- 91-2882-CP, Proceedings Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, New Orleans, LA, August, 1991, pp. 331 - 241.

Skow, Andrew M., "Agility as a Contributor to Design Balance,"Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 29, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1992, pp. 34-46.

Kalviste, J., "Measures of Merit for Aircraft Dynamic Maneuvering," SAE Technical Paper 901005, April 1990.

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