Journal Paper Published on Flight Testing of an Adaptive Controller for Flying Qualities Specification and Protection

A paper entitled “Flight-Test Evaluation of an Adaptive Controller for Flying Qualities Specification and Protection,” co-authored by Barron Associates’ Dr. Nathan Richards and Dr. Richard Adams, was published in the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics December 2015 issue.  This article focuses on the in-flight ability of an adaptive receding horizon optimal controller to both specify favorable flying qualities and to protect the desirable flying qualities by automatically compensating for vehicle damage and/or impairment.

Reference:
Nathan D. Richards, Richard J. Adams, David H. Klyde, and Bruce Cogan, “Flight-Test Evaluation of an Adaptive Controller for Flying Qualities Specification and Protection,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 38, No. 12 (2015), pp. 2241-2256.  http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/1.G000873