Our briefing will cover the: (1) F/A-18 Aircraft; (2) An overview of the Hornet's Flight Control System; (3) A brief synopsis of selected flight controls system related mishaps; (4) Our testing of the software, or 'Operational Flight Program' which in a highly augmented, fly-by-wire aircraft constitutes a new flight control system; and (5) Results and Conclusions. And a brief overview of lessons learned.
Flight and Ground Testing of New Flight Control Software for the F/A-18 Hornet
1996
30 pages
Report
No indication
English
Avionics , Aircraft , Software engineering , Flight control systems , Jet fighters , Computerized simulation , Scenarios , Flight testing , Pitch(Motion) , Angle of attack , Fortran , Reliability , Systems analysis , Flight envelope , Computer program verification , Flight simulation , Aircraft landings , System safety , Ailerons , Aerial rudders , Fly by wire control , Leading edge flaps , F/a-18 aircraft
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