Flight Testing TECS — The Total Energy Control System 861803
This paper describes some of the unique features of an integrated throttle-elevator control law known as the Total Energy Control System (TECS) which has been flight tested on NASA Langley's Transport Systems Research Vehicle. The TECS concept is designed around total energy principles. It utilizes a full-time autothrottle to control the total energy of the aircraft and the elevator to distribute the energy between speed and flight path objectives. Time histories of selected parameters generated from flight data are used to illustrate the pilot-like control strategy of the system and the priority logic employed when throttle limiting is encountered.
Citation: Kelly, J., Person, L., and Bruce, K., "Flight Testing TECS — The Total Energy Control System," SAE Technical Paper 861803, 1986, https://doi.org/10.4271/861803. Download Citation
Author(s):
James R. Kelly, Lee H. Person, Kevin R. Bruce
Affiliated:
Langley Research Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration Hampton, VA
Pages: 11
Event:
SAE Aerospace Technology Conference and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 1986 Transactions - Aerospace-V95-6, Fifth Aerospace Behavioral Engineering Technology Conference Proceedings-Human Integration Technology-The Cornerstone for Enhancing Human Performance-P-184
Related Topics:
Control systems
Flight tests
Throttles
Aircraft
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