Flight testing of a rate saturation compensation scheme on the ATTAS aircraft |
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| Authors: | O Brieger M Kerr D Leißling I Postlethwaite J Sofrony MC Turner |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK;2. Institute of Flight Systems, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Lilienthal Platz 7, 38108 Braunschweig, Germany;1. Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710032, PR China;2. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, General Hospital of Beijing Military Command of PLA, Beijing 100700, PR China;1. Data Storage Institute, Singapore;2. CNR-IEIIT, Politecnico di Torino, Torino 10129, Italy;3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore;1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ingegneria Informatica, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Roma, Italy;2. CNRS, LAAS, 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31400 Toulouse, France;3. Univ de Toulouse, LAAS, F-31400 Toulouse, France;4. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, University of Trento, Italy;1. Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TR, UK;1. Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;2. Key Laboratory of System Control and Information Processing of Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200240, China;3. Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400743, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4743, USA;1. Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;2. Key Laboratory of System Control and Information Processing of Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200240, China;3. Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400743, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4743, USA |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents the application of a rate saturation compensation scheme to the DLR Advanced Technologies Testing Aircraft (ATTAS) and the results of the subsequent flight tests. Details of the design philosophy and the flight tests, termed SAIFE (Saturation Alleviation In-Flight Experiment), which employed the HQDT (Handling Qualities During Tracking) test technique, are presented, as well as pilot flight test reports (PFRs). The rate saturation compensators were designed based on the anti-windup (AW) control philosophy, with the aim to reduce the deleterious effects of rate saturation on the piloted aircraft dynamics, and hence provide an increased flight envelope (operating envelope) for acceptable aircraft handling qualities and reduced PIO (Pilot-in-the-Loop/Pilot-involved Oscillation) tendencies. The achievement of this goal was primarily determined by subjective pilot handling qualities ratings and PIO ratings, and secondly by supporting flight test data. The results show that the compensation scheme greatly reduced the level of rate saturation in all instances (flight conditions), making the aircraft less PIO prone in almost all investigated cases, while exhibiting either unchanged or improved handling qualities. Most notably, the flight tests demonstrated the definite potential for well designed AW compensators to improve the safety and handling qualities of aircraft during rate saturation, with some flight conditions exhibiting dramatic improvements. |
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