4. Basic Flight-Control Design

Evaluating Response And Robustness — Quiz

Test your understanding of evaluating response and robustness with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

In flight-control evaluation, what does a well-damped response usually avoid after a command change?

Question 2

What does robustness mean in a flight-control system?

Question 3

When evaluating a controller’s response to a step command, which quantity describes how long it takes the output to settle near the final value?

Question 4

If a flight-control system is tuned too aggressively, which response is most likely?

Question 5

Why is it useful to test a control system against disturbances such as gusts?