Development and Flight Test Experiences With a Flight-Crucial Digital Control System
Mackall, Dale A. (1988) Development and Flight Test Experiences With a Flight-Crucial Digital Control System. Technical Report NASA TP-2857, Research Engineering, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.
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Abstract
Engineers and scientists in the advanced fighter technology integration (AFTI) F-16 program investigated the integration of emerging technologies into an advanced fighter aircraft. AFTI's three major technologies included (1) flight-crucial digital control, (2) decoupled aircraft flight control, and (3) integration of avionics, flight control, and pilot displays. In addition to investigating improvements in fighter performance, researchers studied the generic problems confronting the designers of highly integrated flight-crucial digital control. The author provides an overview of both the advantages and problems of integration digital control systems. An examination of the specification, design, qualification, and flight test life-cycle phase is provided. An overview is given of the fault-tolerant design, multimoded decoupled flight control laws, and integrated avionics design. The approach to qualifying the software and system designs is discussed, and the effects of design choices on system qualification are highlighted.
| EPrint Type: | NASA Technical Publication |
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| Keywords: | Flight control, Flight test, Validation, Verification |
| Subjects: | Aircraft/Project: F-16 (01 - 09) Aeronautics: (08) Aircraft Stability And Control |
| ID Code: | 420 |
| Deposited On: | 22 March 2005 |
| Additional Information: | 116 pages. |
