The NASA Dryden Flight Research Center has completed the initial flight test of a modified set of F/A-18 flight control computers that gives the aircraft a research control law capability. The production support flight control computers (PSFCC) provide an increased capability for flight research in the control law, handling qualities, and flight systems areas. The PSFCC feature a research flight control processor that is "piggybacked" onto the baseline F/A-18 flight control system. This research processor allows for pilot selection of research control law operation in flight. To validate flight operation, a replication of a standard F/A-18 control law was programmed into the research processor and flight-tested over a limited envelope. This paper provides a brief description of the system, summarizes the initial flight test of the PSFCC, and describes future experiments for the PSFCC.


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    Title :

    Initial Flight Test of the Production Support Flight Control Computers at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Guidance, Navigation, and Control ; 1999 ; Portland, OR, United States


    Publication date :

    1999-08-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English