Review of a program for the development of advanced fluidic components and the application of these components to general aviation instrumentation and control. The major project in this category has been the development of a simple, reliable, two-axis autopilot for light aircraft, using a fluidic inertial rate sensor for stability and roll attitude control, and a simple magnetometer for azimuth reference. This autopilot has been succesfully flight-tested. Fluidic hardware developed for this autopilot is described, and projected improvements and extensions are discussed. Application of fluidic components to such flight instruments as turn coordinators, artificial horizons, and true airspeed indicators is explored.


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    Title :

    Applications of fluidics to light aircraft instrumentation and control


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Business Aircraft Meeting ; 1974 ; Wichita, KS


    Publication date :

    1974-04-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







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