Controlled flight close to rough sea: Strategies and means

Abstract The statement of the main problems of equipment and software design for flight control at small altitude above the disturbed surface is given 1 . The aim of investigation is to improve the operational performance of the vehicles of advanced design. The sets of primary sensors are integrated to increase the accuracy of measuring and control and to provide the fault-tolerance properties. The block diagram of the control system is described. It includes filters which permit to obtain the high-quality estimations of flight parameters and height of sea waves.