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Flight control system damage simulation using freely flying models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2016

S. Sadovnychiy
Affiliation:
Mexican Petroleum Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
A. Ryzhenko
Affiliation:
National Aerospace University, Kharkov, Ukraine
A. Betin
Affiliation:
National Aerospace University, Kharkov, Ukraine

Abstract

This article deals with a damage simulation of flight control systems during a flight. As a subject of flight tests the model of a classic aerodynamic aircraft scheme is considered. This aircraft has highly swept wings a moderate wing elongation and all-moving horizontal tail surfaces. The diagrams of flight parameters from flight tests of the freely flying models with loss of a control surface in flight are given. The investigation results for the failures leading to a sharp drop in the stiffness of the control units in the pitch channel are given. The damage investigation in horizontal flight and in complex manoeuvres is given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2005 

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