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Procedures Used In Flight Tests of an Integrated Propulsion Control System on an F-111E Airplane
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A digital integrated propulsion control system (IPCS) was tested on an F-111E airplane. The IPCS provided full authority control of the left inlet and the TF30 afterburning engine. Supersonic test conditions were of primary interest. The operational procedures and maneuvers developed for IPCS evaluation, displays for test monitoring and data acquisition, flight safety, and problems encountered are discussed. The software refinements that made modifications to standard flight test procedures necessary are described. The flexibility of digital control and the ways software was used to overcome hardware deficiencies are discussed. Application of these procedures to a typical IPCS flight is described.
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Baer, J., Holzman, J., and Burcham, F., "Procedures Used In Flight Tests of an Integrated Propulsion Control System on an F-111E Airplane," SAE Technical Paper 760933, 1976, https://doi.org/10.4271/760933.Also In
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