Flight control system having a three control loop design
US8473124B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 8, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/101
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A flight control system is configured for controlling the flight of an aircraft utilizing a three control loop design to robustly increase system performance. An inner loop comprises an improved linear quadratic regulator (LQR) search method, and an outer loop comprises a classic feedback summary gain design. A third loop comprises a steady state trim search method.
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