Distributed flight control and propulsion control implementation issues and lessons learned

摘要

This paper addresses the motivations for using a distributed control system architecture, technical challenges, typical junctions which are off-loaded to remote terminals, sensor/effector interface issues, data bus selection, technology insertionissues, lessons learned, and objectives for future distributed control implementations. Typical design requirements, constraints, environmental conditions, and operational challenges will be described. Examples of various distributed control systemimplementations will be discussed, including both propulsion control and flight control examples.