Flight test results from the NF-15B intelligent flight control system (IFCS) project with adaptation to a simulated stabilator failure

Collection of Technical Papers - 2007 AIAA InfoTech at Aerospace Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1080-1097

  Bosworth, John T ^a,b   Williams Hayes, Peggy S ^a,b  

^a NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLIGHT SIMULATION; INTELLIGENT FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM (IFCS); MODEL TRACKING; PITCH RESPONSE; SIMULATED STABILATOR FAILURE;

AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; NEURAL NETWORKS; TESTING;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 35648933479     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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