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FLASH Flight Control Systems
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The Fly-By-Light Advanced Systems Hardware (FLASH) program developed Fly-By-Light (FBL) and Power-By-Wire (PBW) technologies for military and commercial aircraft. FLASH consisted of three tasks. Task 1 developed the fiber optic cable, connectors, testers and installation and maintenance procedures. Task 3 developed advanced smart, rotary thin wing and electro-hydrostatic (EHA) actuators. Task 2, which is the subject of this paper, focused on integration of fiber optic sensors and data buses with cable plant components from Task 1 and actuators from Task 3 into centralized and distributed flight control systems. Open loop and piloted hardware-in-the-loop demonstrations validated readiness for application transition.
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Halski, D., "FLASH Flight Control Systems," SAE Technical Paper 975626, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/975626.Also In
References
- Fly-By-Light Flight Control Systems SPIE Proceedings 2467 Orlando Fl 17-18 April 1995
- SAE Standard AS 1773 ìFiber Optics Mechanization of a Digital Time Division Command/Response Multiplex Data Bus
- Fiber Optic Control System Integration for Advanced Aircraft McDonnell-Douglas St. Louis, Mo. November 1994
- Fly-By-Light Aircraft Closed Loop Test (FACT) Program and Fly-By-Light Installation and Test (FIT) Program The Boeing Company August 1997