Title: Design and Evaluation of Flight Control Systems
Abstract: Studies at the Royal Aircraft Establishment are aimed at the in-flight demonstration of improved control systems and policies in a fighter-attack and/or a transport aircraft. The systems being flight evaluated at the present time employ conventional linear-control policies, the design being based on a parameter-optimization technique. Two important modes are discussed briefly in the paper: a pitch-rate manoeuvre-demand system for the fighter-attack aircraft and an ILS glide path and flare system for the transport aircraft. The design studies of these and other modes have yielded quantitative data on conflicts between different performance requirements which cannot be avoided when linear-control policies are used. Studies are being made therefore to replace linear control by variable-gain policies in selected parts of the control system in order to reduce the extent of these conflicts. The reasons for and principles of the variable-gain control policies are outlined in the paper; in addition certain system improvements are discussed (e.g. trim problems) which result from the application of these non-linear control policies.
Publication Year: 1974
Publication Date: 1974-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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