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Adaptive Augmenting Control Flight Characterization Experiment on an F/A-18.

Author
Gilligan, Eric T.
Published
January 31, 2014.
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1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Wall, John H., VanZwieten, Tannen S., Hanson, Curtis E., Orr, Jeb S., and Miller, Christopher J.
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Summary
The NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Flight Mechanics and Analysis Division developed an Adaptive Augmenting Control (AAC) algorithm for launch vehicles that improves robustness and performance by adapting an otherwise welltuned classical control algorithm to unexpected environments or variations in vehicle dynamics. This AAC algorithm is currently part of the baseline design for the SLS Flight Control System (FCS), but prior to this series of research flights it was the only component of the autopilot design that had not been flight tested. The Space Launch System (SLS) flight software prototype, including the adaptive component, was recently tested on a piloted aircraft at Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) which has the capability to achieve a high level of dynamic similarity to a launch vehicle. Scenarios for the flight test campaign were designed specifically to evaluate the AAC algorithm to ensure that it is able to achieve the expected performance improvements with no adverse impacts in nominal or nearnominal scenarios. Having completed the recent series of flight characterization experiments on DFRC's F/A-18, the AAC algorithm's capability, robustness, and reproducibility, have been successfully demonstrated. Thus, the entire SLS control architecture has been successfully flight tested in a relevant environment. This has increased NASA's confidence that the autopilot design is ready to fly on the SLS Block I vehicle and will exceed the performance of previous architectures.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 20140008743.
AAS 14-052.
M14-3205.
2014 American Astronautical Society Guidance & Control Conference; 31 Jan.-5 Feb. 2014; Breckenridge, CO; United States.
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