10 - Safety and Security
MIXED FLIGHT CONTROL LAYOUT FOR ULTRALIGHT GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT
M. May¹, D. Milz¹, W. Scholz², P. Herrmann², J. Karger², L. Peters³, N. Mumm³, R. Kuchar¹; ¹DLR, Germany ;²SFL GmbH, Germany ;³Amazilia Aerospace GmbH, Germany
Ultralight aircraft below 120 kg neither require an airworthiness certificate nor pilot medical examinations. Addressing safety issues like aircraft degradation or pilot incapacitation, we present a mixed flight control layout (where separate automated control surfaces augment mechanical pilot flight controls) and analyze the flight and handling qualities of the resulting aircraft design.