Optimal control algorithms for four-dimensional guidance of a transport aircraft were investigated for feasibility. Cost function constraints on the optimal reference path generator appeared impossible to achieve and the optimal guidance algorithms do not achieve significant performance improvement without excessive increases in sophistication and cost of the onboard avionics computer. A modularized existing Mission Management system allows a three-phase flight test plan to demonstrate the operational capability of the existing classical integrated flight trajectory control algorithms. (Author)
Flight Trajectory Control Investigation
1981
174 pages
Report
No indication
English
Avionics , Aircraft , Flight control systems , Navigation , Man machine systems , Integrated systems , Jet transport aircraft , Algorithms , Display systems , Control theory , Transfer functions , Flight paths , Selection , Computer applications , Optimization , Cost analysis , Configuration management
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