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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

In 1972 the F-8C aircraft used in the Digital Fly-By-Wire program became the first digital fly-by-wire aircraft to operate without a mechanical back-up system. Today, digital fly-by-wire systems are integral to the operation of a great many aircraft. These sistems provide numerous advantages over older mechanical arrangements. The F-8 digital fly-by-wire program made two significant contributions to the new technology: a solid design base of techniques that work and those that do not, and credible evidence of good flying qualities and the ability of such a system to tolerate real faults and to continue operation without degradation.

This historical analysis relates the process by which digital fly-by-wire was developed at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California from 1971 to 1985, its contributions to the space shuttle, and the process by which the technology was transferred to other agencies and industry.

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Table of Contents.

-Acknowledgments.

-Foreword.

-Preface.

-Introduction: The Promise of a New Flight-Control Technology.

-1: The History of Flight-Control Technology.
-2: The Origins of NASA's Involvement in Fly-By-Wire Research.
-3: The Reliability Challenge and Software Development.
-4: Converting the F-8 to Digital Fly-By-Wire.
-5. The Phase I Flight-Research Program: Digital Control Proven.
-6. Phase Shifting: Digital Redundancy and Space Shuttle Support.
-7. The Phase II Flight-Research Program: Proof of Concept, Space Shuttle Support, and Advanced Experiments.
-8. The Impact and Legacy of NASA's Digital Fly-By-Wire Project.

-Appendix: DFBW F-8C Flight Logs.

-Glossary.

-Bibliography.

-About the Author.

-Index.

-The NASA History Series.