Time-to-Contact-Based Control Laws for Flare Trajectory Generation and Landing Point Tracking in Autorotation



Eberle, Brian, Rogers, Jonathan, Jump, M ORCID: 0000-0002-1028-2334 and Cameron, Neil ORCID: 0000-0003-0112-2926
(2018) Time-to-Contact-Based Control Laws for Flare Trajectory Generation and Landing Point Tracking in Autorotation. In: AHS International’s 74th Annual Forum and Technology Display; The Future of Vertical Flight, 2018-5-15 - 2018-5-17, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

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Abstract

For many rotorcraft platforms, incorrect timing of the autorotation flare and deceleration maneuvers may result in significant aircraft damage and injury to the crew, or worse. There is a clear need for new pilot cueing and control augmentation technologies that lead to a higher probability of a successful autorotation landing. This paper describes a recent effort to develop two different Tau (time-to-contact)-based autorotation controllers from two different approaches that can be used to drive visual aids to help guide a pilot to apply the required control inputs to complete a safe autorotative landing.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Unspecified)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Autorotation, Tau theory, Time to contact
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 11 Jun 2018 10:35
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 01:33
URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3021654