Recent efforts by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center have focused on expanding the flight envelope of the F/A-18 aircraft. Of particular concern has been the low speed, high angle-of-attack regime over which the conventional aerodynamic controls of the F/A-18 lose their effectiveness. In order to address this problem the F18 high alpha research vehicle was developed. This aircraft is essentially a modified F/A-18 which possesses thrust vectoring capabilities and hence increased maneuverability in this flight regime. The linear-quadratic-Gaussian with loop-transfer-recovery and H(infinity) design methodologies are used to design high performance controllers for the F18 at an operating point within the expanded envelope. In addition, how the control redundancy of the F18 can be used to maintain nominal performance, as well as nominal stability, in situations where failures occur, is shown.


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    Title :

    High performance linear-quadratic and H-infinity designs for a 'supermaneuverable' aircraft


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    Publication date :

    1989-08-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







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