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.


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    Title :

    Flight and Ground Testing of New Flight Control Software for the F/A-18 Hornet


    Contributors:
    C. J. Loria (author) / E. Beck (author)

    Publication date :

    1996


    Size :

    30 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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