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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 100 - Cocoa Beach - October 2007
Agenda Location	4 GENERAL COMMITTEE TECHNICAL SESSION 4.1 Research Institutions, Industry, and University Reports 4.1.2 Universities 4.1.2.8 UC Davis
Title	UC Davis
Presenter	Ronald Hess
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Abstract	Four recent research activities are briefly described. First, a recent analysis of a piloted simulation study at NASA Langley Research Center (with Eric Stewart) is summarized. The simulation and analysis dealt with transport aircraft rudder pedal force-feel systems. In particular, the ability of a set of metrics to identify force feel systems that were rated poorly by the evaluation pilots was demonstrated. Second, the design of a robust flight control system for a highly flexible aircraft is discussed. The design is based upon a pseudo-sliding mode synthesis technique. Third, an overview is given of a pair of NATO RTO lectures given in Rostock Germany and Florence Italy dealing with robust flight control design techniques. The aircraft models used ranged from the flexible aircraft just mentioned to a notional model of a DARPA nano-scale UAV. Finally, some recent results are presented dealing with the generation of simplified multi-axis pilot models for rotorcraft showing the model’s ability to predict pilot/vehicle performance and handling qualities.