Bridging the gap between academic research and real-world applications, this reference deals with fundamentals of flight control systems design, then concentrates on applications based on the modern ...

The glider is a simple design built from foam board ... autopilot module and a Dragonlink telemetry link to the ground control laptop. Initial testing was unsuccessful, with the drone ignoring ...

[Tom]’s realization of this design seems simple – a spar running ... Actually getting an off-the-shelf flight controller to deal with the transitions was tricky. [Tom] ended up adding an ...

JetZero has marked a key step toward development of its full-scale blended wing body (BWB) demonstrator by awarding a series of flight control system contracts to BAE Systems, Moog, Safran, Thales and ...

The upgrade is required for all three flight-control computers on the twinjet ... Analysis of the problems also turned up “design deficiencies” in the software, says the directive.

It's just a flight-control system that allows a pilot to fly an airplane without continuous hands-on control. Basically, it lets a pilot fly from New York to Los Angeles without white-knuckling ...

Thales’ Fly-by-Wire solution automatically calculates and adjusts the positions of the control surfaces during flight.

Still, joysticks are tons of fun, and below are the best PC joysticks that we've personally tested, from proper flight sim sticks to more casual controllers for aerial japes. Dave has had his pick ...