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Flight control system having a three control loop design

US8473124B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 8, 2005
Grant dateJun 25, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 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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