Flight Test and Evaluation of Fluidic Flight Control

871864

10/01/1987

Event
Aerospace Technology Conference and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
This paper presents the results of a multi-year project by the Naval Air Development Center to design, fabricate, evaluate, and flight test a fluidic flight control system in a Navy T-2C, a twin-jet carrier aircraft. The work leading to this flight test began with component design to the aircraft installation constraints and to flight requirements, continued through fabrication, laboratory testing and system installation, and culminated with man-in-the-loop evaluation of the system installed in the aircraft, ground tests, and flight. The results of these tests demonstrate the successful integration of three advanced technologies:
  • 8000-psi actuation
controlled both by
  • fluidics and
  • fly-by-wire
which the Naval Air Development Center has brought to fruition.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/871864
Pages
12
Citation
Keyser, D., "Flight Test and Evaluation of Fluidic Flight Control," SAE Technical Paper 871864, 1987, https://doi.org/10.4271/871864.
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Publisher
Published
Oct 1, 1987
Product Code
871864
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English