A COMPUTER STUDY OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL ON THE I.L.S. GLIDE PATH

Abstract

A computer study is described of the effect on I.L.S. glide path performance of the addition of various damping terms to the glide path control law of a typical autopilot. The control laws used are analysed by a number of techniques and the results achieved by the different techniques are compared. It is shown that the performance can be improved by the addition of either a vertical velocity term coupled with an acceleration term, or a vertical velocity term coupled with a pitch rate term in the control law.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0640807

Entities

People

  • G. Musker
  • Marian Henman

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Automatic Pilots
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Response
  • Glide Slope
  • Measurement
  • Power Spectra
  • Radio Signals
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wind
  • Wind Shear

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Control Systems Engineering.