Modular Control Law Design for the Innovative Control Effectors (ICE) Tailless Fighter Aircraft Configuration 101-3

Abstract

A modular flight control system is developed for a tailless fighter aircraft with innovative control effectors. Dynamic inversion control synthesis is used to develop a full envelope flight control law. Minor dynamic inversion command variable revisions are required due to the tailless nature of the configuration studied to achieve nominal stability and performance. Structured singular value and simulation analysis shows that robust stability is achieved and robust performance is slightly deficient due to modeling errors. A multi-branch linear programming based method is developed and used for allocation of redundant limited control effectors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA374954

Entities

People

  • James F. Buffington

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Computer Programming
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Leading Edge Flaps
  • Leading Edges
  • Linear Programming
  • Radar Signatures
  • Simulations
  • Tailless Aircraft
  • Vehicles

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