Integrated and Modular Systems for Commercial ... - Nonstop Systems

Integrated Flight & Thrust Control Systems
Examples:
• Modular Flight Control & Guidance Computer
(EFCS by BGT/Germany)
• Propulsion Controlled Aircraft (PCA)
(MDC/NASA, Boeing)
• Towards multi-axis thrust vectoring (civil)
(NASA-LaRC, Calcor Aero Systems, Aeronautical Concept of Exhaust Ltd.)
ref.: E.T. Raymond, C.C. Chenoweth: “Aircraft flight control actuation system design”, SAE, ‘93, 270 pp., ISBN 1-56091-376-2
ref.: Hughes, D., Dornheim, M.A.: “United DC-10 Crashes in Sioux City, Iowa,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, July 24, 1989, pp. 96-97
ref.: Dornheim, M.A.: "Throttles land "disabled" jet," Aviation Week & Space Technology, September 4, 1995, pp. 26-27
ref.: Devlin, B.T., Girts, R.D.: "MD-11 Automatic Flight System," Proc. 11th DASC, Oct. 1992, pp. 174-177 & IEEE AES Systems Magazine, March 1993, pp. 53-56
ref.: Kolano, E.: “Fly by fire”, Flight International, 20 Dec. ‘95, pp. 26-29
ref.: Norris, G.: “Boeing may use propulsion control on 747-500/600X”, Flight Int’l, 2-8 Oct. 1996, p. 4
ref.: “Engine nozzle design - a variable feast?”, editorial in Aircraft Technology Engineering & Maintenance, Oct./Nov. 1995, pp. 10-11
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