HIGH SPEED TURN COORDINATION FOR ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT

A helicopter flight control system (21) includes a model following control system architecture which automatically provides a coordinating yaw command signal to the helicopter tail rotor to coordinate helicopter flight during a banked turn. The control system processes information from a variety of...

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Main Authors JAMES F KELLER, PHILIPP J GOLD, DONALD L. FOGLER JR, JOSEPH P SKONIECZNY, JAMES B DRYFOOS
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 05.04.1993
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
CONTROLLING
COSMONAUTICS
HELICOPTERS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
REGULATING
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A helicopter flight control system (21) includes a model following control system architecture which automatically provides a coordinating yaw command signal to the helicopter tail rotor to coordinate helicopter flight during a banked turn. The control system processes information from a variety of helicopter sensors (31) in order to provide the coordinating yaw command signal on an output line (72) to the tail rotor (20) of the helicopter.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU19920024629