A Theoretical Investigation of the Effect of a Target Seeker Sensitive to Pitch Attitude on the Dynamic Stability and Response Characteristics of a Supersonic Canard Missile Configuration (open access)

A Theoretical Investigation of the Effect of a Target Seeker Sensitive to Pitch Attitude on the Dynamic Stability and Response Characteristics of a Supersonic Canard Missile Configuration

Report presenting a theoretical investigation of the longitudinal dynamic characteristics of an automatically stabilized supersonic canard missile configuration with a target seeker sensitive to changes in pitch altitude. Variables explored include seeker gain, time delay, and non-linearities, including dead spots in the seeker.
Date: August 26, 1952
Creator: Gates, Ordway B., Jr. & Schy, Albert A.
System: The UNT Digital Library