Aircraft Auto Pilot

Roll
Control System
Out Lines

 Introduction
 Flight Control Surfaces
 Block Diagram
 Components and functions
 Advantages
 Applications

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 Introduction

 Autopilot is a system of automatic controls

which holds the aircraft on any selected
magnetic heading…

 In this project our goal is to control the roll

angle of the aircraft in the auto pilot system..

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Main flight Control System

 Aircraft is controlled by three main surfaces:

1) AILERON
2) RUDDER
3) ELEVATOR

PURPOSE
TO ENABLE THE PILOT TO EXERCISE CONTROL OVER
THE AIRCRAFT DURING ALLL PORTIONS OF
FLIGHT.
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AILERONS

The ailerons are one of three

primary flight control surfaces
found on aircraft..
Ailerons are small hinged
sections on the outboard portion
of a wing.
They are movable surfaces that
control movement about the
longitudinal axis--called roll.
Ailerons can be used to
generate a rolling motion for an
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aircraft
Roll motion of Aircraft by Ailerons

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RUDDER

On the trailing edge of the vertical

stabilizer is the Rudder.

This controls the yaw or the

left/right sliding movements of the
aircraft.

On a real aircraft, this is controlled

by the foot pedals

When the pilot pushes the left

pedal, the rudder deflects left.
Pushing the right pedal causes the
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rudder to deflect right.
Left/Right(YAW) Motion by Rudder

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Elevators

The elevator is on the tail of

the aircraft, moving the elevator
causes the nose of the aircraft to
go up or down, allowing the
aircraft to climb or descent..

Elevators control the up/down

motion of aircraft that is called as
pitch..

When the pilot pulls the stick

backward, the elevators go up.
Pushing the stick forward causes
the elevators to go down. 9
Up/Down(Pitch) motion of aircraft by
Elevator

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 Block Diagram Of ROLL Angle control
of AUTOPILOT

Desired Bank
Desired bank Bank
Desired bank Bank
Bank
angleangle angle
angle K Angle
angle
KK
Ød(s) Φ(s)
Ø(s)
Φd(s) Contoller
Controllergain
gain Φ(s)
Φd(s) Contoller gain

Gyro

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Gyro
Gyro
The aircraft roll control provides the
components & functions including:

 Controller gain
 Aileron actuator
 Aircraft dynamics
 Gyro

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Aileron actuator

 Actuator is the device that cause the process to

provide the output..

 So,the Aileron Actuator is the device which

cause the movement of ailerons..

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ROLL ANGLE

 The ailerons are used to bank the aircraft; to cause

one wing tip to move up and the other wing tip to
move down..
 Both the Ailerons always move in opposite to each
other..
 Lowering the aileron on one wing raises the aileron
on the other..
 The wing with the lowered aileron rises because of
its increase lift, and the wing with the raised aileron
moves downward because of its decreased lift.
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 Angle which is generated by the movement of
Ailerons is called as Roll Angle.

 Roll is defined as a rotation about the

 x-axis, or longitudinal axis, of a flying vehicle.

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 Gyro

 The GYROS (TO SENSE WHAT AIRPLANE IS

DOING)
 Directional Gyro(Heading Indicator) is used in an
aircraft to inform the pilot of his heading.

 The Gyro works using a gyroscope, tied to the

aircraft horizontal..

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AirCraft Dynamics

 Flight dynamics is the science of air and space

vehicle orientation and control in three
dimensions..

 AirCraft Dynamics uses for determination of the

position and velocity of aircraft at some
arbitrary time..

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Simulink Diagram

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Response of Roll angle

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 Advantages
 Auto pilot system reduce the work strain of
pilot..

 Auto pilot roll controlling reduces the fatigue of

controlling the aircraft in flight by the pilot.

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Applications

• It is used in the auto missiles to control the roll

angle..

• It can be used in almost every aircraft for auto

pilot controlling..

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