A complete reference on modern flight control methods for fixed-wing aircraft, this authoritative book includes contributions from an international group of experts in their respective specialised fields, largely from industry. Split into two parts, the first section of the book deals with the fundamentals of flight control systems design, while the second concentrates on genuine applications based on the modern control methods used in the latest aircraft.

• Chapter 1: Industrial considerations for flight control
• Chapter 2: Aircraft modelling
• Chapter 3: Actuation systems
• Chapter 4: Handling qualities
• Chapter 5: Automatic flight control system design considerations
• Chapter 6: Ground and flight testing of digital flight control systems
• Chapter 7: Aeroservoelasticity
• Chapter 8: Eigenstructure assignment applied to the design of an autopilot function for a civil aircraft
• Chapter 9: An H_infinity loop-shaping design for the VAAC Harrier