06.1 - Flight Dynamics and Control (Control & Modelling)
INFLUENCE OF CONTROL POWER RATE ON HIGH-ALPHA ROLL MANOEUVRABILITY
P. Månsson, Saab AB, Sweden
Highly manoeuvrable platforms, such as fighter aircraft, can have complex aerodynamic characteristics and dynamic sizing cases for control design. Traditional sizing methods for control power seldom include the aspects of control power rate for flying and handling qualities (FQ/HQ). Ensuring excellent FQ/HQ necessitates a sizing approach that allows sufficiently rapid manoeuvre onset, precision tracking and attitude control. This paper exemplies the impact of control power rate on high angle of attack roll performance as well as aspects of integrating thrust vectoring control (TVC).