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Authors
Ochi, Yoshimasa

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.3182/20070625-5-FR-2916.00014

Page Numbers:
73-78

Index Terms
flight control,model following control,position control,velocity control,disturbance rejection

Abstract
This paper proposes a design method of a flight control system for automatic refueling based on the line-of-sight (LOS) angle control in conjunction with range and airspeed control of the receiver aircraft. A model following control method is employed for design of the controllers. This control method is applied to a control configured vehicle (CCV) aircraft. The guidance and control performance has been investigated through three-dimensional computer simulation in the presence of turbulences and/or wake vortex of the tanker. The results are compared with those for the conventional aircraft that is the original aircraft of the CCV.

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