Optimal aircraft control upset recovery with and without component failures

Recovery of safe flight for a particular aircraft, in a specific initial adverse condition is examined, with and without a specific control failure. It is shown that under optimal circumstances, the adverse vehicle state could be corrected with little altitude loss. In addition, a control failure wh...

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Main Authors: Sparks, D.W., Moerder, D.D.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerodynamics
Aerospace control
Aircraft
Applied sciences
Atmospheric modeling
Computer science
control theory
systems
Control theory. Systems
Elevators
Engines
Exact sciences and technology
NASA
Sparks
Table lookup
Vehicle dynamics
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Summary:Recovery of safe flight for a particular aircraft, in a specific initial adverse condition is examined, with and without a specific control failure. It is shown that under optimal circumstances, the adverse vehicle state could be corrected with little altitude loss. In addition, a control failure which proved fatal in practice was corrected, assuming independently acting spoilers. Generalizing these results to a comprehensive set of upset scenari will be time consuming, but could offer valuable heuristic piloting insights.
ISSN:0743-1619
2378-5861
DOI:10.1109/ACC.2002.1024494