Tornado Autopilot Measures to Ensure Survivability after Failures,

Abstract

Measures applied to the autopilot of the TORNADO to ensure survivability of the aircraft after failures during automatic low level flying are presented. Apart from redundant equipment, these measures include hardware and software limiters to minimize the effect of failures upon the aircraft, hardware and software monitors to detect and isolate failures, emergency procedures to initiate recovery manoeuvres, as well as efficient testing of software. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADP002712

Entities

People

  • U. Butter
  • W. Schmidt

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Automatic
  • Automatic Pilots
  • Emergencies
  • Maneuvers
  • Mechanics
  • Recovery
  • Survivability
  • Survival Equipment
  • Vehicle Equipment
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Robotics and Automation.