Title :
Fly-by-light flight control system development for transport aircraft
Author_Institution :
McDonnel Douglas Aerosp., Long Beach, CA, USA
Abstract :
The Fly-By-Light Advanced System Hardware (FLASH) program is developing and demonstrating dual use fly-by-light (FBL) hardware for flight control systems On military and commercial aircraft. Under the transport aircraft portion of this program, we and our industry team-mates are demonstrating two representative fly-by-light systems. These fly-by-light demonstrations include a ground demonstration of a partial primary flight control system and a flight demonstration of-an aileron trim control system. This paper describes these and discusses the dual use fly-by-light hardware developed for transport aircraft as well as the associated FLASH program demonstrations
Keywords :
aircraft control; avionics; optical cables; optical fibres; FLASH program demonstration; aileron trim control; closed loop system; commercial aircraft; dual use; fibre optics; fly-by-light flight control; ground demonstration; military aircraft; optical data bus; partial primary flight control; transport aircraft; vehicle management system; Aerospace control; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace industry; Computer architecture; Costs; Defense industry; Electrical equipment industry; Hardware; Military aircraft; Voice mail;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1996., 15th AIAA/IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3385-3
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.1996.559149
