Author: Carl S. DrostePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A Case Study on the F-16 Fly-by-wire Flight Control System
Author: Carl S. DrostePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The General Dynamics Case Study on the F-16 Fly-By-Wire Flight Control System
Author: Carl S. DrostePublisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)
ISBN: 9781563473074
Category : Aerodynamics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This case study provides insight into the F-16 FBW FCS design, including discussion of the F-16 design philosophy, the implementation of the flight control system, and unique flight control system functional features.
Introduction to Fly-by-Wire Flight Control Systems
Author: David KernPublisher: Kern Aerospace, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The #1 guide to understanding the "why and how" of fly-by-wire flight control systems. This book is an approachable and easily understandable must-read for aviation professionals! Why don't new aircraft designs allow the pilots a mechanical control connection? This book explains how fly-by-wire fixes the top 5 problems with mechanical controls for high performance aircraft. Rather than describe a particular aircraft’s design with confusing acronyms, readers will get a "behind the scenes" understanding for the critical concepts that apply to any modern aircraft. Because these design principles are easily described and understood, readers of this book will be armed with knowledge as they approach their flight manual procedures. Including: - Problems with mechanical flight controls - Advantages of fly-by-wire - How and why can fly-by-wire control systems fail? - Why are four computers better than one or two? - Explanations of the control laws used by business jets, fighters, and airliners - What sensors are needed, and how the system maintains control when sensors are lost - Design considerations for risk mitigation in case of component failures Buy this book to read on your next layover!
Lessons Learned in the Development of the F-16 Flight Control System
Author: C. S. DrostePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
The Fort Worth Division of General Dynamics has been heavily involved with failure-tolerant flight control systems for almost 20 years through production of the F-111 and the F-16. The need for survivability after failure is most obvious on the F-16, which has the world's first production fly-by-wire flight control system. Fly-by-wire is an absolute necessity on the F-16 because the aircraft was designed to be statically unstable and cannot be controlled without the artificial stability provided by the flight control system. Because of difficulties in analytical definition, several external factors may not be included in the failure analysis of flight control systems. These factors, although not directly a part of the flight control system, can render redundancy useless if not considered. Examples of these external factors are pilot interface, ground maintenance, structural resonance, environmental conditions, indirect electrical hazards, and other system failures. These factors are not unique to the F-16 but are common to all aircraft with fly-by-wire flight control systems. This paper discusses examples of how several of these factors manifested themselves in the development of the F-16 and how the F-16 flight control system has evolved to minimize their effect. One of the mose significant evolutions to aid in the isolation and resolution of problems is the time sequenced data provided by the F-16 maintenance memory.
Case Studies in Strategic Bombardment
Author: R. Cargill HallPublisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Technology and the Air Force
Author: Jacob NeufeldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Technology and the Air Force: A Retrospective Assessment
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428913580
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
NASA's Contributions to Aeronautics: Aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, controls
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
Two-volume collection of case studies on aspects of NACA-NASA research by noted engineers, airmen, historians, museum curators, journalists, and independent scholars. Explores various aspects of how NACA-NASA research took aeronautics from the subsonic to the hypersonic era.-publisher description.
The Lightweight Fighter Program
Author: David C. AronsteinPublisher: AIAA
ISBN: 9781563471933
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
This case study outlines the development of the Lightweight Fighter program, including the development, technology, and flight test history of the YF-16 and YF-17. The streamlined and highly successful Lightweight Fighter program effectively used experimental prototypes to introduce a set of new and advanced technologies to fighter aircraft, and serves as an excellent example of technology management, risk reduction in the development process, and acquisition philosophy.
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