Development of Control Laws for a Flight Test Maneuver Autopilot for an F-15 Aircraft

Development of Control Laws for a Flight Test Maneuver Autopilot for an F-15 Aircraft

An autopilot can be used to provide precise control to meet the demanding requirements of flight research maneuvers with high-performance aircraft. This paper presents the development of control laws within the context of flight test maneuver requirements. Linear quadratic regulator approach is util...

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Published in:1985 American Control Conference pp. 1209 - 1210
Main Authors: Alag, Gurbux S., Duke, Eugene L.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 01-06-1985
Subjects:
Acceleration
Aerodynamics
Aerospace control
Aircraft
NASA
Performance analysis
Regulators
Riccati equations
Testing
Windup
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Summary:An autopilot can be used to provide precise control to meet the demanding requirements of flight research maneuvers with high-performance aircraft. This paper presents the development of control laws within the context of flight test maneuver requirements. Linear quadratic regulator approach is utilized and the control laws are developed by treating the maneuver as a finite time tracking problem with regulation of state rates.
DOI:10.2514/6.1985-1859