• DocumentCode
    2569069
  • Title

    Flight management system execution of idle-thrust descents in operations

  • Author

    Stell, Laurel

  • Author_Institution
    NASA Ames Research Center
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    16-20 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    15
  • Abstract
    These 50 flights seem to have executed the descents as intended in the FMS trajectory prediction. • Actual speed within 10–20 KCAS of target • Actual top of descent generally 0.5–4 nmi before intent top of descent
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2011 IEEE/AIAA 30th
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA, USA
  • ISSN
    2155-7195
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-797-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DASC.2011.6096176
  • Filename
    6096176