FAST Offers Advanced Systems Test Capability
May 29, 2012
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center has modified an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft with additional research flight control computer systems for use as a Full-scale Advanced Systems Test Bed. Previously flown in the Active Aeroelastic Wing project, the F/A-18′s research computers have been upgraded to enable integrated active control with structural feedback and simulation of control system failures. credit: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
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Technology Internet, X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing, Jet aircraft, Edwards Air Force Base, Mercedes Reaves, Aeroelasticity, Aircraft flight control systems, F/A-18 Hornet, Dryden Flight Research Center
