8 Aircraft Flight Control
8.1 Automatic Flight Control Systems: An Introduction
The design of an automatic flight control system including a suite of autopilots generally begins with selecting the appropriate desired functions of the autopilots. The next step involves choosing an appropriate control structure from a whole repertoire of such structures that are generally available. These may range from a simple proportional–integral–derivative (PID) controller to a much more complex observer/estimator controller, adaptive or self-tuning controller, internal model controller or even a sophisticated non-linear control structure. The choice depends on the whole range of considerations driven by the functional requirements, ...
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