Flight testing TECS - The Total Energy Control SystemThis paper describes some of the unique features of an integrated throttle-elevator control law known as the Total Energy Control System (TECS) which has been flight tested on NASA Langley's Transport Systems Research Vehicle. The TECS concept is designed around total energy principles. It utilizes a full-time autothrottle to control the total energy of the aircraft and the elevator to distribute the energy between speed and flight path objectives. Time histories of selected parameters generated from flight data are used to illustrate the pilot-like control strategy of the system and the priority logic employed when throttle limiting is encountered.
Document ID
19870045374
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Kelly, James R. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Person, Lee H., Jr. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Bruce, Kevin R. (Boeing Commercial Airplane Co. Seattle, WA, United States)