Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / Today's demand for a high speed, low weight and large load capable manipulator has spurred the research on flexible manipulators. This thesis centers on an implementation of dynamic control on a single-link flexible arm utilizing a general purpose micro-computer. This research also studies the dynamic behavior of the control system with a brief comparison of the derived flexible-body-model controller to a rigid-body-model controller. / http://archive.org/details/implementationof00kirk / Lieutenant, United States Navy