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Design Of A Subsonic Envelope Flight Control System For The Vista F-16 Using Quantitative Feedback Theory, Odell R. Reynolds
Design Of A Subsonic Envelope Flight Control System For The Vista F-16 Using Quantitative Feedback Theory, Odell R. Reynolds
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A controlled plant's characteristics can vary widely throughout its operational envelope. This is a major problem in nominal plant-based control system design. Hence, gain scheduling is often used for full envelop design. In this paper, it is proposed to address the plant's variability using robust control design concepts. In particular, the frequency domain based Quantitative Feedback Theory Multiple-Input Multiple-Output robust control design method is employed for the synthesis of a full envelop flight control system for an F-16 derivative. Compensators for the aircraft's pitch and lateral directional channels are designed, and the designs are validated using linear simulations.