Assessment of the Functional Capabilities of Free-Flying Dynamically Similar Aircraft Models
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functional capabilities, assessment of the design, free-flying dynamically similar aircraft modelsAbstract
This paper discusses two special approaches developed by the author to assess the similarity and functional capabilities of a free-flying, dynamically similar model (FDSM) in the design of aircraft flight dynamics modelling. When implementing the first approach, the motion of the FDSM is constantly influenced by the control laws of the FDSM Automatic Control System (ACS), similar to those of a real aircraft, or it simulates the pilot’s behavior of the aircraft itself. The second approach assumes the failure of aviation equipment (including ACS), the loss of flight crew capability, and the aircraft entering critical or dangerous uncontrolled flight modes. The re-sults of calculations for FDSM in real design are considered as an approbation of the obtained determining conditions.
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