A STUDY OF AN AUTOMATIC POWER COMPENSATOR WITH AIRSPEED AND ANGLE OF ATTACK AS CONTROLLING INPUTS.

Abstract

A study of an Automatic Power Compensator with inputs of airspeed and angle of attack was conducted by means of a simplified analytical analysis and analogue simulation. Digital Computer programming was used for data reduction. The F-8 aircraft was used as the vehicle for the study. Loop gains were initially set by means of a simplified analysis on the indepent phugoid and short period motions. The validity of such an analysis was demonstrated by analogue simulation of the complete system. The system is feasible both for independent use or as a component of a complete automatic flight system.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0486366

Entities

People

  • Richard Appleton Mcconnel

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airspeed
  • Analogs
  • Automatic
  • Compensators
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Simulators
  • Data Reduction
  • Digital Computers
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.