RECOVER: A Benchmark for Integrated Fault Tolerant Flight Control Evaluation

Fault tolerant flight control (FTFC), or intelligent self-adaptive control, enables improved survivability and recovery from adverse flight conditions induced by faults, damage and associated upsets. This can be achieved by ’intelligent’ utilisation of the control authority of the remaining control effectors in all axes consisting of the control surfaces and engines or a combination of both. In this technique, control strategies are applied to restore vehicle stability, manoeuvrability and conventional piloting techniques for continued safe operation and a survivable landing of the aircraft.