4th ed. — Blackwell Science Ltd., 1993, X, 323 p. — ISBN-10: 0632034955, ISBN-13: 978-0632-03495-6.This book provides an introduction to the pinciples of automatic flight of fixed–wing and rotary wing aircraft. Representative types of aircraft (UK and US) are used to show how these principles are applied in their systems. The revised edition includes new material on automatic flight control systems and helicopters.Contents
Preface to First Edition
Preface to Fourth Edition
Principles of flight - fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters
Servomechanisms and automatic control fundamentals
Sensing of attitude changes
Command signal detection
Command signal processing
Outer loop control
Conversion of command signals to powered control
Automatic control of helicopters
Flight director systems
Automatic landing and autothrottle systems
Fly-by-wire (FBW) Control Systems
Appendix - Fixed-wing aircraft/AFCS combinations; Helicopter/ AFCS combinations
Acronyms and abbreviations associated with AFCS equipment and controlling signal functions
Logic circuits
Solutions to multi-choice questions
Index
