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Pilot control through the tafcos automatic flight control system
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Wehrend Jr., W. R. |
| Copyright Year | 1979 |
| Description | The set of flight control logic used in a recently completed flight test program to evaluate the total automatic flight control system (TAFCOS) with the controller operating in a fully automatic mode, was used to perform an unmanned simulation on an IBM 360 computer in which the TAFCOS concept was extended to provide a multilevel pilot interface. A pilot TAFCOS interface for direct pilot control by use of a velocity-control-wheel-steering mode was defined as well as a means for calling up conventional autopilot modes. It is concluded that the TAFCOS structure is easily adaptable to the addition of a pilot control through a stick-wheel-throttle control similar to conventional airplane controls. Conventional autopilot modes, such as airspeed-hold, altitude-hold, heading-hold, and flight path angle-hold, can also be included. |
| File Size | 1289111 |
| Page Count | 41 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19800005881 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5cc5t38d |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1979-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Stability And Control Controllers Digital Systems Command and Control Manual Control Automatic Flight Control Automatic Pilots Controllability Computerized Simulation Feedback Control Fortran 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 |
