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Active Structural Control for Aircraft Efficiency with the X-56A Aircraft

Ouellette, Jeffrey
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The X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed is an experimental aircraft designed to study active control of flexible structures. The vehicle is easily reconfigured to allow for testing of different configurations. The vehicle is being used to study new sensor, actuator, modeling and controls technologies. These new technologies will allow for lighter vehicles and new configurations that exceed the efficiency currently achievable. A description of the vehicle and the current research efforts that it enables are presented.

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Ouellette, Jeffrey. 2015-10-04. Active Structural Control for Aircraft Efficiency with the X-56A Aircraft. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150019735

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