Abstract:This paper presents a study on a possible control concept for micro-or partial gravity flight of conventional aircraft that can be implemented in any aircraft with a minimum in effort. The method makes use of a conventional pitch rate controller to track the continuously changing pitch rate along the desired micro-or partial gravity trajectory. As a first step towards automatic flight this principle is used to design a micro-and partial gravity flight director. The flight director has been experimentally evalu… Show more
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