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Handling qualities of aircraft with stabilty and control augmentation systems—a fundamental approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

J. Hodgkinson ,
W. J. LaManna  and
J. L. Heyde
J. Hodgkinson
Affiliation:
McDonnell Aircraft Company
W. J. LaManna
Affiliation:
McDonnell Aircraft Company
J. L. Heyde
Affiliation:
McDonnell Aircraft Company
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Increasingly stringent operational demands on military aircraft, together with the widening flight envelopes made possible by advances in aerodynamic, structural and propulsion technology, have forced the complication of stability and control augmentation systems (S/CAS) upon the aircraft designer. The early SAS configurations were conceived as devices to enhance the natural response characteristics of the aircraft; later, CAS evolved as a way of making the desired response more independent of the basic aircraft characteristics. Many recent examples of S/CAS are very complex, with equations of twentieth or higher order commonly being used for linear handling qualities analysis. In view of the fact that aircraft of this complexity have been part of the handling qualities picture for ten years or more, it is surprising that no widely accepted criteria for these aircraft have evolved.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 80 , Issue 782 , February 1976 , pp. 75 - 81
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1976 

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