Flight and Ground Testing of New Flight Control Software for the F/A-18 Hornet.

Abstract

Our briefing will cover the: (1) F/A-18 Aircraft; (2) An overview of the Hornet's Flight Control System; (3) A brief synopsis of selected flight controls system related mishaps; (4) Our testing of the software, or 'Operational Flight Program' which in a highly augmented, fly-by-wire aircraft constitutes a new flight control system; and (5) Results and Conclusions. And a brief overview of lessons learned.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 17, 1996
Accession Number
ADA307768

Entities

People

  • C. J. Loria
  • Evin Beck

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Actuators
  • Aerodynamic Control Surfaces
  • Aircrafts
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Damage Detection
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Flight Testing
  • Leading Edge Flaps
  • Leading Edges
  • Lessons Learned
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Trailing Edges

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Business Analytics
  • Software Engineering.