Design of a flight management system to support four-dimensional trajectories

This paper presents the design and simulation of the functions of a flight Management System (FMS) in order to follow four-dimensional trajectories automatically. This is achieved by controlling the aircraft’s airspeed, altitude, heading and vertical speed in order to arrive to the merging point in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Manuel Angel Amaro Carmona, Darius Rudinskas, Cristina Barrado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2015-03-01
Series:Aviation
Subjects:
FMS
Online Access:http://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/Aviation/article/view/2581