Accession Number:

AD0854596

Title:

The Development and Testing of a Control Law for Automatic Formation Control of QF-9J Target Aircraft,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER CHINA LAKE CA

Personal Author(s):

• Nickell, T. W.

Report Date:

1969-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

108.0

Abstract:

This report documents analysis, design, and testing of a control law for controlling the relative spacing of two QF-9J target aircraft in a precise formation. The analysis and design, which produced the control concept and control equations as programmed into the digital control computer, included a six-degree-of-freedom simulation of the QF-9J aircraft on an analog computer. Author

Descriptors:

• *DRONE CONTROL AIRCRAFT
• *COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
• FORMATION FLIGHT
• TARGET DRONES
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• REMOTE CONTROL
• AUTOMATIC PILOTS
• RESPONSE
• DIGITAL COMPUTERS
• FLOW CHARTING
• SUBROUTINES
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS

Subject Categories:

• Pilotless Aircraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE