Flight testing of a rate saturation compensation scheme on the ATTAS aircraft

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 92-104

  Brieger, O ^b   Kerr, M ^a   Leissling D ^b   Postlethwaite, I ^a   Sofrony, J ^a   Turner, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti windup compensation; Flight test; Handling qualities; Handling qualities during tracking (HQDP); Pilot in the loop oscillations (PIO); Rate saturation

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; MOTION ESTIMATION; ONTOLOGY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ANTI-WINDUP COMPENSATION; FLIGHT TEST; HANDLING QUALITIES; HANDLING QUALITIES DURING TRACKING (HQDP); PILOT-IN-THE-LOOP OSCILLATIONS (PIO); RATE SATURATION;

TESTING;

EID: 60349103473     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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