Title: Evaluation of an L1 Adaptive Flight Control Law on Calspan’s Variable-Stability Learjet
Abstract: No AccessAircraft Loss of ControlEvaluation of an L1 Adaptive Flight Control Law on Calspan's Variable-Stability LearjetKasey A. Ackerman, Enric Xargay, Ronald Choe, Naira Hovakimyan, M. Christopher Cotting, Robert B. Jeffrey, Margaret P. Blackstun, T. Paul Fulkerson, Timothy R. Lau and Shawn S. StephensKasey A. AckermanUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, Enric XargayUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, Ronald ChoeUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, Naira HovakimyanUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, M. Christopher CottingU.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California 93524, Robert B. JeffreyU.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California 93524, Margaret P. BlackstunU.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California 93524, T. Paul FulkersonU.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California 93524, Timothy R. LauU.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California 93524 and Shawn S. StephensU.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California 93524Published Online:3 Apr 2017https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G001730SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Xargay E., Hovakimyan N., Dobrokhodov V., Kaminer I., Cao C. and Gregory I. M., "L1 Adaptive Control in Flight," Intelligent and Autonomous Aerospace Systems, edited by Valasek J., Vol. 241, Progress in Aeronautics and Astronautics Series, AIAA, Reston, VA, Oct. 2012, pp. 129–172. doi:https://doi.org/10.2514/5.9781600868962.0129.0172 LinkGoogle Scholar[2] Hovakimyan N. and Cao C., L1 Adaptive Control Theory, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA, 2010, pp. 241–261. 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All requests for copying and permission to reprint should be submitted to CCC at www.copyright.com; employ the ISSN 0731-5090 (print) or 1533-3884 (online) to initiate your request. See also AIAA Rights and Permissions www.aiaa.org/randp. TopicsAircraft Components and StructureAircraft ControlAircraft DesignAircraft Flight Control SystemAircraft InstrumentsAircraft Operations and TechnologyAircraft Stability and ControlDynamic Stability ControlFlight Control SurfacesFlight TrainingFlying QualitiesInstrument ApproachStability Augmentation Systems KeywordsFlight Control LawSASControl SurfacesFlight Test ProgrammeTest PilotsHandling QualitiesLongitudinal ControlAerodynamic StabilityAircraft DynamicsAircraft ConfigurationsAcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to acknowledge Jason Kirkpatrick, Kevin Prosser, Evan Thomas, and Jay Kemper from the Calspan Corporation as well as Michael Brooks from the USAF TPS for their support and participation in the flight tests. The authors are also grateful to Ryan McMahon from the Calspan Corporation for his assistance during flight control law development and onboard integration. Initial development of L1 adaptive control was supported by AFOSR and NASA from 2004–2010.PDF Received29 September 2015Accepted8 February 2017Published online3 April 2017
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