ANALYTIC SIMULATION OF THE BLUE GOOSE VEHICLE ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM.

Abstract

The analytic simulation used to develop specifications for the Blue Goose Vehicle Attitude Control System is discussed. The Blue Goose is a 15,500-pound spinning, fin-stable sounding rocket. The sensing element of the guidance package is a roll-stabilized platform upon which is mounted two two-degree-of-freedom gyros for sensing Euler angle roll, pitch and yaw. Guidance laws are such that the vehicle is commanded to fly a zero-yaw, gravity-turn trajectory. Computer results reveal that trajectory dispersion can conservatively be held to 10 mils. The report discusses the effects of control force, spin, lag, rate feedback, and total time of control on trajectory dispersion. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0821571

Entities

People

  • Urban H. Deh. Lynch

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attitude Control Systems
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Dispersions
  • Euler Angles
  • Feedback
  • Guidance
  • Platforms
  • Rockets
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Sounding Rockets
  • Specifications
  • Stabilized Platforms
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Control Systems Engineering.