DocumentCode
1460886
Title
Automatic flight control system using rate gyros for unlimited maneuvering
Author
Hanna, C. R. ; Oplinger, K. A. ; Douglas, G. R.
Author_Institution
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Volume
73
Issue
5
fYear
1954
fDate
5/1/1954 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
443
Lastpage
448
Abstract
Feedback control techniques have been applied to automatic flight control problems to produce a new type of automatic pilot. It provides unlimited maneuverability by using three simple nontumbling rate-type gyroscopes to regulate the angular velocity of the aircraft about its principal axes. The three basic control loops, without use of vacuum tubes, combine electric and hydraulic power boost means in proportional-type servomechanisms which actuate the aircraft´s control surfaces.
Keywords
Aerospace control; Airplanes; Control systems; Damping; Equations; Mathematical model;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electrical Engineering
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0095-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/EE.1954.6438769
Filename
6438769
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