In airline service the reliability of a system is more than the confirmed failures for the system; it is the total removal experience of the system. Thus, the reliability of a system lies not only in the piece part failure rates, but also in the capability to verify and isolate failures. The application of digital technology brings several significant reliability improvements to automatic flight control systems (AFCS) when compared to contemporary analog systems. These advantages are demonstrated by the experience of the digital air data computer (DADC) of the DC-10 and the digital AFCS of the JA-37 Viggen. Experience with this equipment is reviewed, and the results are interpreted in terms of projections for airline DAFCS reliability.
Digital computation makes AFCS (automatic flight control system) more reliable
Digitalrechner erhoehen die Zuverlaessigkeit von Flugregelsystemen
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems ; AES-11 , 5 ; 851-861
1975
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Digital Computation Makes AFCS More Reliable
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