Unified theory for aircraft handling qualities and adverse aircraft-pilot coupling

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1141-1148

  Hess, R A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Dept of Mech and Aero Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COCKPITS (AIRCRAFT); FEEDBACK; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; OSCILLATIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TOPOLOGY;

ADVERSE AIRCRAFT PILOT COUPLING; AIRCRAFT HANDLING QUALITIES; FORCE FEEL SYSTEM; LINEAR VEHICLE MODEL;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031274579     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4169     Document Type: Article

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