Aircraft Guidance-System Logic Design for a Fully Autonomous Mission | ||||
International Conference on Aerospace Sciences and Aviation Technology | ||||
Article 71, Volume 13, AEROSPACE SCIENCES & AVIATION TECHNOLOGY, ASAT- 13, May 26 – 28, 2009, May 2009, Page 1-8 PDF (259.64 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/asat.2009.23747 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
H. E. Taha1; M. Bayuomi2; G. M. El-Bayoumi3; S. D. Hassan3 | ||||
1Teaching Assistant, Aerospace Eng. Dept., Cairo University. | ||||
2Assistant Professor, Aerospace Eng. Dept., Cairo University. | ||||
3Professor, Aerospace Eng. Dept., Cairo University. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
In the aircraft guidance-system design-process, a number of autopilots are designed at certain flight conditions. An autopilot is responsible for a certain task not the whole mission, e.g., an autopilot can be responsible for the a/c to have a certain rate of climb, velocity, or altitude…etc. And a need arises for a supervisory control system that manages the engagement and disengagement of each designed autopilot, passing the command inputs to them for the a/c to accomplish the whole mission. It looks like the supervisory control system existing in DCS's (Distributed Control Systems). In this paper, the logic of the online-software for such systems is presented, clarifying the inputs, outputs, and timing of the system. Also the logic of the Ground Control Station (GCS) software is presented. A realistic mission is adopted to clarify the operation of the guidance system. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Aircraft Guidance; and Autonomous Flight | ||||
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