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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 92 - Dayton - October 2003
Agenda Location	9 SUBCOMMITTEE A – AERONAUTIC AND SURFACE VEHICLES 9.4 F-16 FBW Development
Title	F-16 FBW Development
Presenter	Carl Droste
Affiliation	Lockheed Martin
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Abstract	The F-16 led a dramatic evolution of Fly-by-Wire Flight Control Systems (FLCS) in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. In 1972 the FLCS concepts proposed on the YF-16 represented a very radical step forward. New concepts included relaxed static stability (RSS), fly-by-wire (FBW), minimum displacement side stick controller, AOA and G Limiting, surface actuation concepts, and new redundancy concepts. The goals of this presentation are to put a historical perspective on the F-16 Fly-by-Wire (FBW) revolution, define the technical decisions/changes that had to be made, provide insight on the how the decisions were made, describe some of the hurdles that had to be overcome, and provide some of the “lessons learned.” Topics covered include: The Fly-by-Wire Decision, The Pilot’s Controller, AOA and G Limiting, Redundancy Management, The Integrated Servoactuator (ISA), Air Data, Lightning Hardening, The “Maintenance” Memory, GLOC, Electrical Power, The F-16 Goes Digital, and A Few Lessons Learned.