ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF LONGITUDINAL FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT SYSTEM

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Visiting professor at Aero. Eng. Dept. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011 . Originally With Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt .

Abstract

This Paper present two proposals for adaptive control of supersonic aircraft. Inthe first proposal, the aircraft complete transfer function is controlled to behave according to a second order chosen model, while in the second proposal the inner loop of the aircraft transfer function is controlled to behave according to a first order model. A modified gradient technique for a model reference adaptive control system with less order model is employed in the two proposals. Analog computer simulation resuits are presented and discussed .