Specifications for a flight control law are delineated in sufficient detail to support coding the control law in flight software. This control law was designed for implementation and flight test on the High-Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV), which is an F/A-18 aircraft modified to include an experimental multi-axis thrust-vectoring system and actuated nose strakes for enhanced rolling (ANSER). The control law, known as the HARV ANSER Control Law, was designed to utilize a blend of conventional aerodynamic control effectors, thrust vectoring, and actuated nose strakes to provide increased agility and good handling qualities throughout the HARV flight envelope, including angles of attack up to 70 degrees.
Design Specification for a Thrust-Vectoring, Actuated-Nose-Strake Flight Control Law for the High-alpha Research Vehicle
1996
102 pages
Report
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English
Aircraft , Aircraft control , Angle of attack , Applications programs (Computers) , Flight control , Research vehicles , Thrust vector control , Control systems design , Control theory , F-18 aircraft , Feedback control , Flight envelopes , Lateral control , Longitudinal control , Nose cones , Roll , Strakes , Yaw specifications