28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-5.2.1

FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION OF FAULT TOLERANT FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM

S. Suzuki, K. Miyaji, T. Tshuchiya, M. Naruoka*, T. Sato**, N. Itabashi**, A. Yanagida***
Univ. of Tokyo, Japan; *JAXA, Japan; **Fuji Heavy Industry Ltd, Japan; ***SJAC, Japan

Keywords: fault tolerant, control, business jet, detachable wing tip

A scale model of business jet plane was design and constructed. A detachable wing tip and an automatic flight controller were installed to carry out flight testing where two types of adaptive control method were applied. Flight testing successfully performed in January 2011 will be presented.

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