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Development and flight tests of a gyro-less wing leveler and directional autopilot
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Poole, H. E. Garner, H. D. |
| Copyright Year | 1974 |
| Description | A gyro-less wing leveler and directional autopilot were developed and flight tested in a single-engine light airplane. The primary purpose of the project was to develop a simple, reliable, low-cost stability augmentation and autopilot system for light aircraft. The wing leveler used a fluidic inertial rate sensor, electronic signal processing circuitry, and vacuum operated servos. A strap-down magnetic heading reference of simple design provided the wing leveler with directional autopilot capability. Flight tests indicated that the performance of the gyro-less wing leveler was equal to that of a commercial wing leveler using a gyroscopic rate sensor. Drift-free, long-term, heading-hold capability of the magnetic heading reference was demonstrated. |
| File Size | 1895076 |
| Page Count | 56 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19740011169 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1qg3gk0z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1974-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Navigation Flight Tests Equipment Specifications Aircraft Stability Systems Engineering Automatic Flight Control Automatic Pilots Stability Derivatives Fluidic Circuits Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
