Active control technology (ACT) has changed the way aircraft can be designed and flown. The challenge for flight control research is, given the potential of ACT, to define what is required. In order to answer this question, a flyable implementation is needed, whether for a piloted flight simulator or for full scale flight. The need for implementation introduces issues of software design and management and possibly conflict with the needs of research. A domain is described for flight control law research being developed to provide a rigorous yet flexible framework. A comprehensive life cycle is defined for the evolution of flight control laws from concept via piloted simulation to flight test which, in its current form, has four major phases: conceptual design, engineering design, flight clearance, and flight tests. Conceptual design covers off-line simulation. Engineering design is the process of full control law design. Flight clearance consolidates results from earlier stages and achieves a verified implementation for the target flight control computer. Flight test evaluates the control system in full scale flight. A description of all these phases is presented. Control law life cycle examples are given.


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    Title :

    Computer-Aided Control Law Research: From Concept to Flight Test


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    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    15 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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