Title :
Flight management system execution of idle-thrust descents in operations
Author_Institution :
NASA Ames Research Center
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
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2011 IEEE/AIAA 30th
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-797-9
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.2011.6096176
