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Flight control design for an unmanned rotorcraft program with a rapid development schedule
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Colbourne, Jason D. Tischler, Mark B. |
| Organization | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Abstract | Rotorcraft unmanned air vehicle (RUAV) programs are generally developed with small budgets and in time frames that are measured in months rather than in years. Unlike piloted vehicles, unmanned air vehicle (UAV) programs do not have the luxury of long design cycles with multiple iterations. The Northrop Grumman/Ryan Aeronautical Center-led program successfully developed a prototype RUAV (fig. 1) to bid on the U.S. Navy's VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) Tactical UAV (VTUAV) program. With no remote piloted reversion mode, with no envelope expansion, and with only 4 months to design and develop the flight control systems (FCS), the prototype vehicle successfully flew an 18-minute mission for its first autonomous flight. To complete this program, design tools and methods that develop fast, accurate designs and simulation models were needed. |
| File Size | 3032581 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.archive.org/details/nasa_techdoc_20040171798 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8sb4zw9p |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2002-06-01 |
| Publisher Institution | Ames Research Center |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Pulsars X Rays Magnetars Magnetic Fields X Ray Timing Explorer X Ray Astrophysics Facility Neutron Stars Rosat Mission Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
