Digital Electronic Engine Control History
Putnam, Terrill W. (1984) Digital Electronic Engine Control History.
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Abstract
Full authority digital electronic engine controls (DEECs) have been studied, developed, and ground tested for many years because of projected benefits in operability, improved performance, reduced maintenance, improved reliability, and lower life cycle costs. All of these benefits cannot be truly assessed until DEECs are produced in quantity and operated over a significant length of time. However, the issues of operability and improved performance can be assessed in a flight test program. As part of NASA's ongoing commitment to extend and improve propulsion system technology, the NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility entered into an agreement with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Deputy for Propulsion and the Government Products Division of Pratt and Whitney Aircraft to demonstrate and evaluate the DEEC on an F100 engine in an F-15 aircraft. The events leading up to that flight test program are chronicled and important management and technical results are identified.
| EPrint Type: | Other |
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| Keywords: | Digital control, Engine control, Flight tests, F-15 airplane, F100 engine. |
| Subjects: | (01 - 09) Aeronautics: (07) Aircraft Propulsion And Power Aircraft/Project: F-100 Aircraft/Project: F-15 |
| ID Code: | 2022 |
| Deposited On: | 16 July 2009 |
| Additional Information: | 17 pages. NASA CP-2298, Paper 2, Digital Electronic Engine Control (DEEC) Flight Evaluation in an F-15 Airplane, pp. 15-31, March 1984. |
