Andre Ferreira da SilvaSharing technical content: thoughts about openness and reproducibilityHow many times did we struggle to reproduce or simply understand a public technical work or even a private one, in our workplaces, for…Dec 12, 2020Dec 12, 2020
Andre Ferreira da SilvaGetting closer to the flight dynamics by using the linear representationIf we think about the common design techniques applied to flight control, we will notice that most of them start from a linearized plant…Mar 17, 2020Mar 17, 2020
Andre Ferreira da SilvaThe mythical sonic barrierWhen I heard about “breaking the sound barrier” for the first time, this seemed to me even more supernatural than, for example, a bunch of…Mar 14, 20201Mar 14, 20201
Andre Ferreira da SilvaSolving the cryptography riddles of an Airbus LinkedIn promotionFew days before the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) 2018, some followers noticed the intriguing post in the Airbus LinkedIn…Jan 15, 2020Jan 15, 2020
Andre Ferreira da SilvaNon Minimum Phase Zero In The Load Factor ResponseImagine a conventional aircraft, like the ones which are flying across the world carrying passengers, for example. There is a very subtle…Jan 13, 2020Jan 13, 2020
Andre Ferreira da SilvaToward an effective flight control software development methodologyIf we take a closer look in the most successful approaches in software development followed by the giants and also adopted by the smaller…Nov 26, 2019Nov 26, 2019
Andre Ferreira da SilvaPursuing a Career in Flight Control EngineeringFlight Control Engineer is certainly one of those jobs you would struggle to explain to your grandparents and by the end there is a high…Jun 13, 20191Jun 13, 20191
Andre Ferreira da SilvaAircraft Instantaneous Center of Rotation and Normal Acceleration Augmentation SystemImagine a very simple conventional aircraft, with very simple mechanical controls. From an initial straight flight condition of constant…Feb 17, 2019Feb 17, 2019
Andre Ferreira da SilvaSix DoF Nonlinear Aircraft Model: Challenges in Software DevelopmentRecently I wrote an article where I needed an aircraft model to simulate the phenomenon I was trying to describe. I’ve used a…Feb 3, 2019Feb 3, 2019