Fly-by-light flight control system development for transport aircraft

Author

Todd, John R.

Author_Institution

McDonnel Douglas Aerosp., Long Beach, CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 Oct 1996

Firstpage

153

Lastpage

158

Abstract

The Fly-By-Light Advanced System Hardware (FLASH) program is developing and demonstrating dual use fly-by-light (FBL) hardware for flight control systems On military and commercial aircraft. Under the transport aircraft portion of this program, we and our industry team-mates are demonstrating two representative fly-by-light systems. These fly-by-light demonstrations include a ground demonstration of a partial primary flight control system and a flight demonstration of-an aileron trim control system. This paper describes these and discusses the dual use fly-by-light hardware developed for transport aircraft as well as the associated FLASH program demonstrations

Keywords

aircraft control; avionics; optical cables; optical fibres; FLASH program demonstration; aileron trim control; closed loop system; commercial aircraft; dual use; fibre optics; fly-by-light flight control; ground demonstration; military aircraft; optical data bus; partial primary flight control; transport aircraft; vehicle management system; Aerospace control; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace industry; Computer architecture; Costs; Defense industry; Electrical equipment industry; Hardware; Military aircraft; Voice mail;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1996., 15th AIAA/IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3385-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.1996.559149

Filename

559149