Integrated Application of Active Controls (IAAC) Technology to an Advanced Subsonic Transport Project: Program Review. Contractor Report, October 1978-November 1984
Integrated Application of Active Controls (IAAC) Technology to an Advanced Subsonic Transport Project: Program Review. Contractor Report, October 1978-November 1984
This report summarizes the Integrated Application of Active Controls (IAAC) Technology to an Advanced Subsonic Transport Project, established as one element of the NASA/Boeing Energy Efficient Transport Technology Program. The performance assessment showed that incorporating ACT into an airplane designed to fly approximately 200 passengers approximately 2,000 nmi could yield block fuel savings from 6 to 10 percent at the design range. The principal risks associated with incorporating these active control functions into a commercial airplane are those involved with the ACT system implementation. The Test and Evaluation phase of the IAAC Project focused on the design, fabrication, and test of a system that implemented pitch axis fly-by-wire, pitch axis augmentation, and wing load alleviation. The system was built to be flight worthy, and was planned to be experimentally flown on the 757. The system was installed in the Boeing Digital Avionics Flight Controls Laboratory (DAFCL), where open loop hardware and software tests, and a brief examination of a direct drive valve (DDV) actuation concept were accomplished. The IAAC Project has shown that ACT can be beneficially incorporated into a commercial transport airplane. Based on the results achieved during the testing phase, there appears to be no fundamental reason(s) that would preclude the commercial application of ACT, assuming an appropriate development effort is included.
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Integrated Application of Active Controls (IAAC) Technology to an Advanced Subsonic Transport Project: Program Review. Contractor Report, October 1978-November 1984
1986
111 pages
Report
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Englisch