The impact of GPS velocity based flight control on flight instrumentation architecture
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1999.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| author | Kornfeld, Richard P |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/94822019-09-19T17:04:03Z The impact of GPS velocity based flight control on flight instrumentation architecture Impact of Global Positioning System velocity based flight control on flight instrumentation architecture Kornfeld, Richard P R. John Hansman. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aeronautics and Astronautics. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1999. Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-195). This thesis explores the use of velocity information obtained by a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver to close the aircraft's flight control loop. A novel framework to synthesize attitude information from GPS velocity vector measurements is discussed. The framework combines the benefits of high-quality GPS velocity measurements with a novel velocity vector based flight control paradigm to provide a means for the human operator or autopilot to close the aircraft flight control loop. Issues arising from limitations in GPS as well as the presence of a human in the aircraft control loop are addressed. Results from several flight tests demonstrate the viability of this novel concept and show that GPS velocity based attitude allows for equivalent aircraft control as traditional attitude. Two possible applications of GPS velocity based attitude, an autopilot and a tunnel-in- the-sky trajectory guidance system, are demonstrated in flight. Unlike traditional autopilot and trajectory guidance systems, these applications rely solely on the information obtained from a single-antenna GPS receiver which makes them affordable to the larger General Aviation aircraft community. Finally, the impact of GPS velocity based flight control on the instrumentation architecture of flight vehicles is investigated. by Richard P. Kornfeld. Ph.D. 2005-08-22T18:42:32Z 2005-08-22T18:42:32Z 1999 1999 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9482 43596050 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 232 p. 17459030 bytes 17458783 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Aeronautics and Astronautics. Kornfeld, Richard P The impact of GPS velocity based flight control on flight instrumentation architecture |
| title | The impact of GPS velocity based flight control on flight instrumentation architecture |
| title_full | The impact of GPS velocity based flight control on flight instrumentation architecture |
| title_fullStr | The impact of GPS velocity based flight control on flight instrumentation architecture |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of GPS velocity based flight control on flight instrumentation architecture |
| title_short | The impact of GPS velocity based flight control on flight instrumentation architecture |
| title_sort | impact of gps velocity based flight control on flight instrumentation architecture |
| topic | Aeronautics and Astronautics. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9482 |
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