06.1 - Flight Dynamics and Control (Control & Modelling)
THE NEW RESEARCH AIRCRAFT ISTAR - EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM
D. Niedermeier¹, K. Giese¹, D. Leißling¹; ¹DLR, Germany
This paper describes the experimental flight control system design of DLR’s new flight control testbed Falcon 2000LX ISTAR. The integration of an experimental flight control system will enbale the aircraft to be used as Variable Stability System (VSS) and for rapid inflight testing of any Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) research software application.