AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL, 4TH ED
Author : E.H.J.PALLETT,SHAWN COYLE
Series : BLACKWELL
Pages : 336
This book provides an introduction to the principles of automatic flight of fixed-wing and rotary wing aircraft. Representative types of aircraft (UK and US) are used to show how these principles are applied in their systems. The revised edition includes new material on automatic flight control systems and helicopters.
· Principles of flight - fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters
· Servomechanisms and automatic control fundamentals
· Sensing of attitude changes
· Command signal detection
· Command signal processing
· Outer loop control
· Conversion of command signals to powered control
· Automatic control of helicopters
· Flight director systems
· Automatic landing and auto throttle systems
· Fly-by-wire (FBW) Control Systems
Appendix - Fixed-wing aircraft/AFCS combinations
Helicopter/ AFCS combination
Acronyms and abbreviations associated with AFCS equipment and controlling signal functions
Logic circuits
Solutions to multi-choice questions
