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Digital active control system for load alleviation for the Lockheed L-1011

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

G. E. Bendixen ,
R. F. O'Connell  and
C. D. Siegert
G. E. Bendixen
Affiliation:
Rockwell International, Cedar Rapids
R. F. O'Connell
Affiliation:
Lockheed-California Company, Burbank
C. D. Siegert
Affiliation:
Lockheed-California Company, Burbank
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In the spring of 1980, a long range derivative of the L-1011 TriStar entered commercial airline service with an extended wing span and a digital Active Control System (ACS). The extended wing span improves fuel efficiency by 3 to 3½ % due to a higher wing aspect ratio and lower induced drag. The digital ACS provides load alleviation functions by symmetric motions of the outboard ailerons which relieve the loads induced by the increased wing span. This load relief minimises the amount of structural modifications required to the basic L-1011 wing to accommodate the increased wing span.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 85 , Issue 849 , November 1981 , pp. 430 - 436
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1991 

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