Flight Dynamics, Stability and Control of a Flexible Airplane

Dynamics and Controls Flight Testing of the X·29A Airplane

Dynamics of Flexible Manipulators

This paper presents an application of Continuum (i.e. Lagrangian) and Finite Element Techniques to flexible manipulator arms for derivation of the corresponding Dynamic Equations of Motion. Specifically a one-link flexible arm is considered for detailed analysis, and the results are extended for the case of a two - link flexible manipulator. Numerical examples are given for the case of both one...

Flight Dynamics of Highly Flexible Flying Wings

The paper presents a theory for flight dynamic analysis of highly flexible flying wing configurations. The analysis takes into account large aircraft motion coupled with geometrically nonlinear structural deformation subject only to a restriction to small strain. A large motion aerodynamic loads model is integrated into the analysis. The analysis can be used for complete aircraft analysis inclu...

A Discussion of Methods of Real-time Airplane Flight Simulation

This paper discusses the methods of flight simulation; specifically real-time simulation of airplanes. The paper describes methods to form a minimal, but complete, flight simulator. The simulator basically operates by solving the airplane’s equations of motion of the airplane in real time. The major part of solving the equations of motion is determining the total force and moment on the airplan...

Hover, Transition, and Level Flight Control Design for a Single-Propeller Indoor Airplane

This paper presents vehicle models and test flight results for an autonomous fixed-wing aircraft with the capability to take off, hover, transition to and from level-flight, and perch on a vertical landing platform. These maneuvers are all demonstrated in the highly space constrained environment of the Real-time indoor Autonomous Vehicle test ENvironment (RAVEN) at MIT. RAVEN promotes the rapid...