Research and Development of Control Actuation Systems for Aircraft. Volume I.

Abstract

This report describes the development of a flutter suppression actuator technique and the wind tunnel evaluation of that technique. The report also describes the flightworthiness testing of a direct drive Fly-By-Wire flight control system applied to the aileron axis of an F-4 aircraft. Also included is an evaluation of an angular rate sensing augmentation actuator supplied to the Air Force for evaluation. Presented in the material are the test results of all three experimental evaluations. Further testing of the flutter suppression is recommended to clarify an anomoly in the results of the testing. The direct drive control system passed its environmental testing used to establish flight worthiness. The rate sensing actuator operated as designed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA080133

Entities

People

  • Gavin D. Jenney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Control Panels
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Measurement
  • Performance Tests
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Waveforms
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design