Engineering topics
Publications and source records attributed to Mackinnon, D..
Inertial aircraft lateral guidance system limitations in stochastic gust environment, comparing configurations using aileron or differential spoilers
The maintenance of accurate primary mirror figure in the face of environmental disturbances is the key to the achievement of diffraction-limited performance in a large space telescope. In order to develop the concepts of optical mirror figure control, an experimental program was initiated. A major component in this experiment will be an XDS Sigma 5.7 digital computer which will realize the control algorithm. A software package is described which realizes linear optimal, simplified linear, and iterative optimal control algorithms. The software, in addition, provides for interactive communication between the operator and the computer, and interaction between the computer and the experimental hardware elements. A brief description of a small hybrid computer system is also presented.
Localizer acquisition system quasi-optimization technique based on time optimal control theory, with application to SST ILS problem