This paper overviews the development and flight testing of the F/A-18A digital flight control system throughout the Full Scale Development (FSD) program. A general description of the Flight Control System (FCS) and an overview of some of the significant changes incorporated to improve handling qualities and to correct identified deficiencies are presented. The use of an advanced equivalent system analysis approach to document the effect of some of the changes ...
The Naval Air Test Center (NATC) and Systems Control Technology, Inc. (SCT) have worked jointly to develop an advanced flight test data processing technique that supports an integrated flight testing procedure (i.e., extraction of test data for multiple test requirements from common flight conditions). This data processing technique is commonly referred to as system (or parameter) identification. Realization of this goal for an integrated flight testing procedure is dependent on ...
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