28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS2012-P5.12


FUZZY LOGIC BASED FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR THE NIGERIAN AIR FORCE AIR BEETLE AIRCRAFT

O. C. Ubadike
Air Force Inst. of Technology, Nigeria

Keywords: flight control system, fuzzy logic, general aviation, fly-by-wire

This paper reports the design and simulation of a fuzzy logic based Flight Control System (FCS) for the Nigerian Air Force Air Beetle Aircraft (ABT-18). Four basic controllers were developed, namely, the elevator controller, the speed controller, the bank angle controller and the sideslip controller.


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