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Flight Testing Advanced Control Functions on a Passenger Aircraft
Christian Weiser Research Associate, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of System Dynamics and Control, 82234, Weßling, Germany.
Daniel Milz Research Associate, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of System Dynamics and Control, 82234, Weßling, Germany.
Marc May Research Associate, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of System Dynamics and Control, 82234, Weßling, Germany.
Ramesh Konatala Research Associate, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of System Dynamics and Control, 82234, Weßling, Germany.
Stefan Langen Research Associate, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of System Dynamics and Control, 82234, Weßling, Germany.
Reiko Müller Research Associate, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of System Dynamics and Control, 82234, Weßling, Germany.
Christina Schreppel Research Associate, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of System Dynamics and Control, 82234, Weßling, Germany.
Gertjan Looye Head of Department, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of System Dynamics and Control, 82234, Weßling, Germany.
Abstract:
Early testing of new flight control law architectures and functions or new control methods is important, as it gives relevant clues about their practicability in many respects. These include proper functioning on target hardware under relevant environmental conditions, validation of the translation of requirements into method-specific design objectives, and the incentive to go through all relevant verification and validation steps from a systems and software engineering perspective. This paper describes our processes, ways of working, methods, and tools for flight testing our new control functions and methods on a CS-25 class passenger aircraft. Particular challenges are posed by the fact that we test multiple highly different and dissimilar functions in each flight test and campaign. Therefore, we focus on how we organize parallel development, integrate into and implement experimental control software, and cost-efficiently test these functions in the limited flight time available.
Keywords: Flight Testing; Fly-by-wire; Validation & Verification; Flight Control
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Christian Weiser, Daniel Milz, Marc May, Ramesh Konatala, Stefan Langen, Reiko Müller, Christina Schreppel, Gertjan Looye: Flight Testing Advanced Control Functions on a Passenger Aircraft. Proceedings of the 2024 CEAS EuroGNC conference. Bristol, UK. June 2024. CEAS-GNC-2024-080.
BibTeX entry:

@Incollection{CEAS-GNC-2024-080,
    author = {Weiser, Christian and Milz, Daniel and May, Marc and Konatala, Ramesh and Langen, Stefan and M\"uller, Reiko and Schreppel, Christina and Looye, Gertjan},
    title = {Flight Testing Advanced Control Functions on a Passenger Aircraft},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2024 {CEAS EuroGNC} conference},
    address = {Bristol, UK},
    month = jun,
    year = {2024},
    note = {CEAS-GNC-2024-080}
}