The Story of Self-Repairing Flight Control Systems (Dryden Historical Study) No. 1

On The Cover......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 7
Introduction......Page 8
Flight Control Surfaces......Page 11
The Evolution of Flight Controllers......Page 13
Previous Self-Repairing Systems......Page 15
Section 2: The Self-Repairing Flight Control System......Page 19
Section 3: The Intelligent Flight Control System......Page 36
Artificial Neural Networks Introduced......Page 40
Validating Non-Deterministic Software......Page 42
The IFCS Test Flight Series......Page 47
Epilogue: The Future of Intelligent Flight Control......Page 52
Generation Next......Page 57
Glossary......Page 59
Abbreviations......Page 61
Bibliography......Page 62
Appendices......Page 66
Appendix A - SRFCS Flight Log......Page 67
Appendix B - Flight Test Summary......Page 68
Appendix C - SRFCS Progress Report, April 5, 1990......Page 79
Appendix D - SRFCS Progress Report, March 29, 1990......Page 82
Appendix E - SRFCS Progress Report, March 22, 1990......Page 84
Appendix F - SRFCS Progress Report, March 15, 1990......Page 86
Appendix G - SRFCS Progress Report, March 8, 1990......Page 87
Appendix H - SRFCS Progress Report, March 1, 1990......Page 90
Appendix I - SRFCS Progress Report, February 15, 1990......Page 92
Appendix J - SRFCS Progress Report, February 8, 1990......Page 94
Appendix K - SRFCS Progress Report, February 1, 1990......Page 96
Appendix L - IFCS FRR, Structures......Page 98
Appendix M - IFCS FRR, Objectives......Page 100
Appendix N - IFCS FRR, System Operation......Page 109
Appendix O - Report WL-TR-91-3025......Page 113
Appendix P - Pilot Reports......Page 116
Appendix Q - Flight Test Matrix......Page 146