Title Statements
- Full title :Automatic flight control systems / Donald McLean.
Summary
A treatment of automatic flight control systems (AFCS) for fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. The text covers in detail the subject of stability and control theory. All the principal AFC modes are covered and the effects of atmospheric turbulance and structural flexibility are charted.
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- Publication Date:1990.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Prentice Hall
- Place of Publication:Englewood Cliffs, N.J
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1990.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiii, 593 pages : : illustrations).
Edition Identifiers
- oclc:on1147741006
- LC Classification:TL589.4
- Dewey Decimal:629.132/6
Table of Contents
Aircraft flight control -- The equations of motion of an aircraft -- Aircraft stability and dynamics -- The dynamics effects of structural flexibility upon the motion of an aircraft -- Disturbances affecting aircraft motion -- Flying and handling qualities -- Control system design methods I -- Control system design methods II -- Stability augmentation systems -- Attitude control systems -- Flight path control systems -- Active control systems -- Helicopter flight control systems -- Digital control systems -- Adaptive flight control systems -- Appendix A: Actuators and sensors -- Appendix B: Stability derivatives for several representative modern aircraft -- Appendix C: Mathematical models of human pilots.
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