Application of an Optimal Control Pilot Model to Air-To-Air Combat

Abstract

The two-dimensional (longitudinal) kinematics of air-to-air combat tracking with a lead computing optical sight system were simulated on an analog computer. Three pilots flew three different aircraft configurations on the fixed-base simulator at 3000- and 1000-foot ranges against a target driven to RMS accelerations of 3.5 G and 5.0 G by filtered, white, Gaussian noise. Averaged RMS data were recorded on attacker's elevator deflection, pitch rate, lead angle, line of sight to the target, and tracking error for each case.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0777847

Entities

People

  • Thomas R. Harvey

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Control Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Digital Computers
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Flight Paths
  • Geometry
  • Mach Number
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Projectile Trajectories
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Computer Vision.
  • Control Systems Engineering.