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A bank-to-turn pursuit controller provides rapid and precise pursuit steering control toward a target point with direction substantially different from the vehicle direction of travel using positive lift load factors between zero and a specified maximum to generate commands which rotate the vehicle

A bank-to-turn pursuit controller provides rapid and precise pursuit steering control toward a target point with direction substantially different from the vehicle direction of travel using positive lift load factors between zero and a specified maximum to generate commands which rotate the vehicle toward the target point at every instant of time.

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A system for accomplishing bank-to-turn pursuits steering of an aircraft; comprising: means for generating a lift load factor attenuation signal; means for generating first and second signals representing the components of commanded path turn rate in the transverse and vertical planes respectively,

A system for accomplishing bank-to-turn pursuits steering of an aircraft; comprising: means for generating a lift load factor attenuation signal; means for generating first and second signals representing the components of commanded path turn rate in the transverse and vertical planes respectively, the latter being compensated for gravitational path turn rate, the said first and second signals varying in response to and as a function of the lift load factor attenuation signal; means for generating a lift load factor command signal which is less than or equal to a predetermined limit, the said lift load factor command signal generating means having as inputs the first and second signals and gravitational and aircraft performance input components; means for generating a bank angle command signal for use with the lift load factor command signal, the said bank angle command signal generating means having inputs of the said first and second signals, and adjusted as a function of the lift load attenuation command signal; and means for coupling said bank angle command signal and said lift load factor command signal to the aircraft bank and lift adjusting control surface elements to modify the aircraft bank angle and lift.