The Load Alleviation and Mode Stabilization (LAMS) program was conducted to demonstrate the capabilities of an advanced flight control system (FCS) to alleviate gust loads and control structural modes on a large flexible aircraft using existing aerodynamic control surfaces as force producers. The analysis, design, and flight demonstration of the flight control system was directed toward three discrete flight conditions contained in a hypothetical mission profile of the B-52E test aircraft. The FCS was designed to alleviate structural loads while flying through atmospheric turbulence. The LAMS-FCS was produced as hardware and installed on the test vehicle, B-52E AF56-632. Test vehicle modifications included the addition of hydraulically powered controls, a fly-by-wire (FBW) pilot station, associated electronics and analog computers at the test engineer's stations, instrumentation for system evaluation, and the LAMS flight controller. Flight demonstration of the LAMS-FCS was conducted to provide a comparison of analytical and experimental data. In addition, a LAMS C-5A study was included in the program. This portion of the program was to analytically demonstrate that the technology developed for the B-52 could be applied to another aircraft. The C-5A study was conducted for one flight condition in the C-5A mission profile. (Author)
Aircraft Load Alleviation and Mode Stabilization (LAMS). Flight Demonstration Test Activities
1969
159 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aircraft , Jet bombers , Flight control systems , Jet transport planes , Gust loads , Stabilization , Aerodynamic control surfaces , Flight testing , Instrumentation , Fatigue(Mechanics) , Damage , Fuselages , B-52e aircraft , B-52 aircraft , C-5 aircraft , C-5a aircraft , Fly by wire flight control systems , Lams(Load alleviation and mode stabilization) , Load alleviation and mode stabilization