EFFECTS OF SERVO-MECHANISM CHARACTERISTICS ON AIRCRAFT STABILITY AND CONTROL
Abstract
Effort was made to highlight the effects of servo-mechanisms on aircraft stability and control system design and to indicate the potential advantages arising from the application of automatic controls and associated techniques to the solution of certain aircraft dynamic stability and control problems. Past, present and future trends in the application of servo-mechanisms to aircraft are briefly outlined. The role of servo-controls is reviewed in progression from early 'relief-type' automatic controls through present-day stability-augmented aircraft with fully-powered flight control systems. The servo or automatic control designer's approach to stability and control and the theoretical and practical considerations involved in integrating an automatic control system with an aircraft flight control system are described using a typical example as the framework for the discussion. The example chosen is the design of a selfadaptive stability augmentation and flight control system for a supersonic aircraft. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0277146
Entities
People
- F.a. Gaynor
Organizations
- AGARD