ME 173 - Flight Control Systems

Prerequisite: ME 112
This course deals with the fundamental principles of flight control systems. The course aims at developing the basic physical understanding of the forces and moments generated on the aircraft and at the various control surfaces, developing nonlinear dynamical models based on these physical considerations, linearizing these models and designing linear flight control laws for the linearized model. Time permitting, gain scheduling and piecewise-affine controllers will also be discussed.

Units: 3

Course Typically Offered: Spring