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STI-TP-1119-Optimal Autorotative Profiles Using Active Inceptor Cueing

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N68335-10-C-0069
Agency Tracking Number: N093-165-0493
Amount: $79,998.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N093-165
Solicitation Number: 2009.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2009
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2009-11-19
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2010-05-19
Small Business Information
13766 S. Hawthorne Blvd.
Hawthorne, CA 90250
United States
DUNS: 028281020
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Edward Bachelder
 Principal Investigator
 (310) 679-2281
 edbach@systemstech.com
Business Contact
 Sanjeev Weerasuriya
Title: Treasurer
Phone: (310) 679-2281
Email: exec@systemstech.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Rotorcraft autorotation is a particularly challenging maneuver whose training demands are inadequately addressed in military or civilian aviation. Tactile safeguards may be one of the most effective means for protecting against control misapplication due to training gaps and negative training. In response to this topic’s solicitation STI proposes the Optimal Autorotation Cueing System (OACS). OACS takes its guidance from optimal aircraft trajectories and control commands computed with the direct-collocation optimization method, solved using a commercially available nonlinear programming problem solver. In Phase I an active cyclic will be used to demonstrate active inceptor feasibility during autorotation, while the collective inputs generated by the optimizer are issued directly to the helicopter simulator. OACS will offer both envelope protection as well as guidance control via the active cyclic. Cueing control law configurations will be demonstrated using human-in-the-loop flight simulation at the conclusion of the project.

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