Optimal Control of the F-8C in a Fully Automatic Carrier Approach

Abstract

The report presents a detailed exposition of the problems associated with landing high performance jet fighter aircraft on board a moving aircraft carrier along with a new procedure for designing a fully automatic flight control system tailored to the aircraft carrier approach. Included in the development is a brief description of the present SPN-42 ACLS (Aircraft Carrier Landing System) and the probable reason for its very limited success. Possible alternatives to the SPN-42 system have suggested a more sophisticated ACLS configuration, in particular, the AMOAC (Automatic Multiloop Optimal Approach Controller) developed herein. The use of an AMOAC system in actual carrier approaches should yield a substantial improvement to present automatic carrier landing capability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 07, 1972
Accession Number
AD0753010

Entities

People

  • Roger J. Bannett

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Carrier Landings
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Open Loop Systems
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Transfer Functions

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