Proposal for a Powered Control System for Aircraft: A System Featuring Safeguards Against Power Failure, Together with Complete Integration with the Automatic Pilot

Abstract

THE following paper was written early in 1946 when the writer was a member of the Sperry Gyroscope Company. It discusses in general terms a particular form of powered control system for aircraft, in which precautions are taken against certain types of failure of the system.

Citation

Price, H.L. (1949), "Proposal for a Powered Control System for Aircraft: A System Featuring Safeguards Against Power Failure, Together with Complete Integration with the Automatic Pilot", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 21 No. 9, pp. 274-279. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb031804