Title :
Neural control of the LoFLYTER aircraft
Author :
Saeks, R. ; Neidhoefer, J. ; Cox, C. ; Rap, R.
Author_Institution :
Accurate Autom. Corp., Chattanooga, TN, USA
Abstract :
Accurate Automation Corporation (AAC) has built a waverider shaped subsonic aircraft under the LoFLYTETM program, which is presently being flight tested at Edwards AFB. Upon completion of this initial series of flight tests, designed to check out the aircraft and characterize its aerodynamics, LoFLYTETM will be used as a testbed for a neural flight control system employing variants of AAC´s neural adaptive controller for both the inner loop and actuator control systems. In addition, the LoFLYTETM aircraft is being used to understand the low speed characteristics of a hypersonic shape and to demonstrate several innovative flight control technologies: a fly-by-light system, a neural air data sensor, a neural network engine controller, among others
Keywords :
adaptive control; aerodynamics; aircraft control; aircraft testing; neurocontrollers; Accurate Automation Corporation; LoFLYTETM aircraft; adaptive control; aerodynamics; flight control; flight tests; neurocontrol; waverider shaped subsonic aircraft; Aerodynamics; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Automatic control; Automatic testing; Automation; Control systems; Programmable control; Shape control; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1998. 1998 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4778-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1998.726480