Automatic removal of the plane from a spin using fuzzy logic controller
The paper presents a concept of automatic control system recovering an aircraft from the spin using fuzzy logic controller. Control system causing: stall, spin, spin recovery, dive recovery and switching on classic heading and altitude autopilots, was created in Matlab – Simulink software, which was connected to the flight simulator X-Plane. During tests developed control algorithms were checked and tuned. At the end graphs of flight parameters recorded during simulation were analyzed, and properties of designed control system were evaluated. Particular attention was paid to the design of a fuzzy logic controller stopping autorotation of the aircraft. On the output it controlled the position of the rudder, while on input it received a signal being a function of the angular velocity of the aircraft.