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Aircraft 55<br />
The tilt control variable αtilt is intended for nacelle tilt angle or conversion control, particularly for<br />
tiltrotors. The convention is αtilt =0for cruise, and αtilt =90degree for helicopter mode. If αtilt exists<br />
as a control, it can be zero, constant, or a function of flight speed (piecewise linear input).<br />
An optional conversion schedule of control is defined in terms of conversion speeds: hover and<br />
helicopter mode for speeds below VChover, cruise mode for speeds above VCcruise, and conversion mode<br />
between. The nacelle angle is αtilt =90in helicopter mode and αtilt =0in airplane mode, and it varies<br />
linearly with speed in conversion mode. The tip speed is Vtip−hover in helicopter and conversion mode,<br />
and Vtip−cruise in airplane mode. Control states and drive-system states are defined for helicopter, cruise,<br />
and conversion-mode flight. The flight state specifies the nacelle tilt angle, tip speeds, control state,<br />
and drive-system state, including the option to obtain any or all of these quantities from the conversion<br />
schedule.<br />
The flight speed used for control scheduling is usually the calibrated airspeed (CAS): Vcal = V ρ/ρ0<br />
(hence variation with dynamic pressure). Velocity schedules are used for conversion, controls and<br />
motion, rotor tip speed, landing gear retraction, and trim targets. Optionally these velocity schedules<br />
use either calibrated airspeed Vcal or the true airspeed V .<br />
The control matrices T can be defined based on the configuration. Let cAC0, cACc, cACs, cACp be<br />
the pilot’s controls (collective, lateral cyclic, longitudinal cyclic, and pedal). For the helicopter, the first<br />
rotor is the main rotor and the second rotor is the tail rotor; then<br />
⎛ ⎞ ⎡<br />
⎤ ⎛ ⎞<br />
1 0 0 0<br />
⎜<br />
⎝<br />
TMcoll<br />
TMlat<br />
TMlng<br />
TTcoll<br />
⎟<br />
⎠ =<br />
⎢ 0<br />
⎣<br />
0<br />
−r<br />
0<br />
0<br />
−1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
⎥ ⎜<br />
⎦ ⎝<br />
0 0 0 −r<br />
where r is the main-rotor direction of rotation (r =1for counter-clockwise rotation, r = −1 for clockwise<br />
rotation). For the tandem configuration, the first rotor is the front rotor and the second rotor is the rear<br />
rotor; then<br />
⎛ ⎞<br />
TFcoll<br />
⎡<br />
1 0 −1 0<br />
⎤ ⎛ ⎞<br />
cAC0<br />
⎜ TFlat ⎟ ⎢ 0<br />
⎝ ⎠ = ⎣<br />
TRcoll 1<br />
−rF<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
−rF ⎥ ⎜ cACc ⎟<br />
⎦ ⎝ ⎠<br />
0 cACs<br />
TRlat 0 −rR 0 rR cACp<br />
For the coaxial configuration:<br />
⎛<br />
⎜<br />
⎝<br />
T1coll<br />
T1lat<br />
T1lng<br />
T2coll<br />
T2lat<br />
T2lng<br />
⎞ ⎡<br />
1<br />
⎟ ⎢ 0<br />
⎟ ⎢<br />
⎟ ⎢ 0<br />
⎟ = ⎢<br />
⎟ ⎢ 1<br />
⎠ ⎣<br />
0<br />
0<br />
−r1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
−r2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
−1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
⎤<br />
r1<br />
⎛<br />
0 ⎥<br />
0 ⎥ ⎜<br />
⎥ ⎝<br />
r2 ⎥<br />
⎦<br />
0<br />
0 0 −1 0<br />
cAC0<br />
cACc<br />
cACs<br />
cACp<br />
cAC0<br />
cACc<br />
cACs<br />
cACp<br />
For the tiltrotor, the first rotor is the right rotor and the second rotor is the left rotor; then<br />
⎛<br />
⎜<br />
⎝<br />
TRcoll<br />
TRlng<br />
TLcoll<br />
TLlng<br />
Tail<br />
Telev<br />
Trud<br />
⎞ ⎡<br />
1 −1 0 0<br />
⎤<br />
⎟ ⎢ 0<br />
⎟ ⎢<br />
⎟ ⎢ 1<br />
⎟ ⎢<br />
⎟ = ⎢ 0<br />
⎟ ⎢<br />
⎟ ⎢ 0<br />
⎠ ⎣<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
−1<br />
0<br />
−1<br />
0<br />
−1<br />
0<br />
1<br />
1 ⎥ ⎛<br />
⎥<br />
0 ⎥ ⎜<br />
−1 ⎥ ⎝<br />
⎥<br />
0 ⎥<br />
⎦<br />
0<br />
0 0 0 1<br />
cAC0<br />
cACc<br />
cACs<br />
cACp<br />
⎟<br />
⎠<br />
⎞<br />
⎟<br />
⎠<br />
⎞<br />
⎟<br />
⎠