The Story of Self-Repairing Flight Control Systems (Dryden Historical Study) No. 1

On The Cover......Page 4 Table of Contents......Page 5 Acknowledgments......Page 7 Introduction......Page 8 Flight Control Surfaces......Page 11 The Evolution of Flight Controllers......Page 13 Previous Self-Repairing Systems......Page 15 Section 2: The Self-Repairing Flight Control System......Page 19 Section 3: The Intelligent Flight Control System......Page 36 Artificial Neural Networks Introduced......Page 40 Validating Non-Deterministic Software......Page 42 The IFCS Test Flight Series......Page 47 Epilogue: The Future of Intelligent Flight Control......Page 52 Generation Next......Page 57 Glossary......Page 59 Abbreviations......Page 61 Bibliography......Page 62 Appendices......Page 66 Appendix A - SRFCS Flight Log......Page 67 Appendix B - Flight Test Summary......Page 68 Appendix C - SRFCS Progress Report, April 5, 1990......Page 79 Appendix D - SRFCS Progress Report, March 29, 1990......Page 82 Appendix E - SRFCS Progress Report, March 22, 1990......Page 84 Appendix F - SRFCS Progress Report, March 15, 1990......Page 86 Appendix G - SRFCS Progress Report, March 8, 1990......Page 87 Appendix H - SRFCS Progress Report, March 1, 1990......Page 90 Appendix I - SRFCS Progress Report, February 15, 1990......Page 92 Appendix J - SRFCS Progress Report, February 8, 1990......Page 94 Appendix K - SRFCS Progress Report, February 1, 1990......Page 96 Appendix L - IFCS FRR, Structures......Page 98 Appendix M - IFCS FRR, Objectives......Page 100 Appendix N - IFCS FRR, System Operation......Page 109 Appendix O - Report WL-TR-91-3025......Page 113 Appendix P - Pilot Reports......Page 116 Appendix Q - Flight Test Matrix......Page 146