Automatically controlled electrical actuators The LAPAZ system controls the aircraft via electrical actuators for the control surfaces. Installation of these actuators in the upper mid-fuselage of a STEMME S15 test aircraft is shown above. Computer hardware Special hardware has been designed and manufactured for the Flight Control Computer of the LAPAZ flight control system. Technology project for the development of an innovative automatic Flight Control System  The first phase for the innovative automatic Flight Control System LAPAZ has been completed after a series of test flights at STEMME AG Strausberg. This technology project has been funded by the German Ministry of Economy and Technology (BMWI) within the 4th program for aviation research (LuFo). LAPAZ research is targeted to develop and demonstrate a highly reliable and precise Flight Control System by the three partners STEMME AG, the Technical University of Berlin and the University of Stuttgart. This Flight Control System enables a fully automatic flight in various flight regimes. At later development stages LAPAZ shall be able to accomplish automatic take off and landing to enable flights with sensors over difficult landscapes like polar regions, if required unmanned as an OPV (Optional Piloted Vehicle). LAPAZ is modular designed, error-tolerant and scalable, it is easy adaptable for new missions. LAPAZ ◄ back to Flight Control Systems more information ►