06.1 - Flight Dynamics and Control (Control & Modelling)
CONTROL ALLOCATION FOR A DISTRIBUTED ELECTRIC PROPULSION AIRCRAFT USING DIFFERENTIAL THRUST
C. Döll¹, S. Waitman¹; ¹ONERA, France
The CleanSky2 D08 Distributed Electric Propulsion{Scaled Flight Demonstrator DEP-SFD can be controlled by means of differential thrust in addition to or instead of the classical control surfaces. The overall control architecture, the longitudinal and lateral allocation strategies will first be introduced. The closed-loop Handling Qualities (HQ) will then be evaluated by time responses as well as pole charts at different speeds in nominal and failure cases. These numerical results will be validated by flight tests taking place in April and May 2024.