Citation:
Mohammad M. Lone and Alastair K. Cooke. Development of a pilot model suitable for the simulation of large aircraft. Proceedings of the 27th congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS 2010), 19-24th September 2010, Nice, France.
Abstract:
Effects of aeroservoelasticity on the manual control
of large civil aircraft are investigated through
a pilot modelling approach based on the modified
optimal control model. A synopsis of modelling
techniques is presented, followed by the description
of the adopted technique. A simulation environment
suitable for investigating pilot-vehicle
dynamics in the longitudinal axis has been developed.
The derivation of the pilot model was
based on limiting the bandwidth. This approach
showed that the pilot-vehicle system satisfied the
crossover law between 3rad/s to 10rad/s for normal
acceleration response. It was found that the
pilot model and the low frequency tailplane bending
mode introduced a resonant peak in the pilotvehicle
frequency response that may be a cause
for concern in high gain scenarios. Gust response
simulations highlighted the contribution of fuselage
bending mode on pilot perceived normal acceleration.
