Flight control system for a hybrid aircraft in the roll axis

A flight control system includes a blending algorithm which evaluates the current flight regime and determines the effectiveness of the flight controls to effect the rotational moment of a hybrid vehicle about the roll axis. Gain schedules for both roll cyclic and aileron control provide a quantitat...

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Main Authors KINKEAD W. DOUGLAS, SCOTT MARK W
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.08.2002
Edition7
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
HELICOPTERS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A flight control system includes a blending algorithm which evaluates the current flight regime and determines the effectiveness of the flight controls to effect the rotational moment of a hybrid vehicle about the roll axis. Gain schedules for both roll cyclic and aileron control provide a quantitative measure of control effectiveness. Based on the respective gain schedules, the algorithm determines how much of the control commands should be sent to each control surface. The result is that for a given control command, the same amount of roll moment will be generated regardless of flight regime. This simplifies the underlying flight control law since the commands it generates are correct regardless of flight regime.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20010907006