FEASIBILITY STUDY ON POWER CONTROLS FOR A FULLY-ENCLOSED STABILIZED CUPOLA.

Abstract

The feasibility study provides the systems analysis and equipment preliminary design for power controls, adaptable to a future stabilization system, for a one-man, fully enclosed, 34-inch diameter cupola. The systems analysis develops design parameters for command and stabilized modes of operation from known vehicle motion data. Equipment performance requirements are defined for the component selection and design. The proposed system is electromechanical, utilizing spur gear drive mechanisms in the elevation and traverse axes powered by DC torque motors. The high current motor control technique utilizes solid-state circuitry throughout and implements integrated circuits wherever possible. The study has resulted in high-performance weapon system controls surpassing the high and low speed tracking capabilities of known systems. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0831490

Entities

People

  • Donald A. Bonness
  • Milford R. Bennett

Organizations

  • General Motors

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuits
  • Diameters
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Elevation
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Load Monitoring
  • Stabilization Systems
  • Systems Analysis
  • Test Equipment
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems