Introduction to flight testing / James W. Gregory, Tianshu Liu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gregory, James W., author.

Liu, T. (Tianshu), author.

Series:

Aerospace

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airplanes--Flight testing--Textbooks.

Airplanes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2021]

Summary:

Introduction to Flight Testing provides a concise introduction to the basic flight testing methods employed on general aviation aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles for courses in aeronautical engineering. There is particular emphasis on the use of modern on-board instruments and inexpensive, off-the-shelf portable devices that make flight testing accessible to nearly any student.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

About the Authors

Series Preface

Preface

Acknowledgements

About the Companion Website

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Case Study: Supersonic Flight in the Bell XS‐1

1.2 Types of Flight Testing

1.2.1 Scientific Research

1.2.2 Experimental Flight Test

1.2.3 Developmental Test and Evaluation

1.2.4 Operational Test and Evaluation

1.2.5 Airworthiness Certification

1.3 Objectives and Organization of this Book

References

Chapter 2 The Flight Environment: Standard Atmosphere

2.1 Earth's Atmosphere

2.2 Standard Atmosphere Model

2.2.1 Hydrostatics

2.2.2 Gravitational Acceleration and Altitude Definitions

2.2.3 Temperature

2.2.4 Viscosity

2.2.5 Pressure and Density

2.2.6 Operationalizing the Standard Atmosphere

2.2.7 Comparison with Experimental Data

2.3 Altitudes Used in Aviation

Chapter 3 Aircraft and Flight Test Instrumentation

3.1 Traditional Cockpit Instruments

3.1.1 Gyroscopic‐Based Instruments

3.1.2 Pressure‐Based Instruments

3.1.3 Outside Air Temperature

3.1.4 Other Instrumentation

3.2 Glass Cockpit Instruments

3.3 Flight Test Instrumentation

3.3.1 Global Navigation Satellite System

3.3.2 Accelerometers

3.3.3 Gyroscopes

3.3.4 Magnetometers

3.3.5 Barometer

3.3.6 Fusion of Sensor Data Streams

3.4 Summary

Chapter 4 Data Acquisition and Analysis

4.1 Temporal and Spectral Analysis

4.2 Filtering

4.3 Digital Sampling: Bit Depth Resolution and Sample Rate

4.4 Aliasing

4.5 Flight Testing Example

4.6 Summary

Chapter 5 Uncertainty Analysis

5.1 Error Theory

5.1.1 Types of Errors

5.1.2 Statistics of Random Error

5.1.3 Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Propagation

5.1.4 Overall Uncertainty Estimate.

5.1.5 Chauvenet's Criterion for Outliers

5.1.6 Monte Carlo Simulation

5.2 Basic Error Sources in Flight Testing

5.2.1 Uncertainty of Flight Test Instrumentation

5.2.2 Example: Uncertainty in Density (Traditional Approach)

5.2.3 Example: Uncertainty in True Airspeed (Monte Carlo Approach)

Chapter 6 Flight Test Planning

6.1 Flight Test Process

6.2 Risk Management

6.3 Case Study: Accept No Unnecessary Risk

6.4 Individual Flight Planning

6.4.1 Flight Area and Airspace

6.4.2 Weather and NOTAMs

6.4.3 Weight and Balance

6.4.4 Airplane Pre‐Flight

6.5 Conclusion

Chapter 7 Drag Polar Measurement in Level Flight

7.1 Theory

7.1.1 Drag Polar and Power Required for Level Flight

7.1.2 The PIW-VIW Method

7.1.3 Internal Combustion Engine Performance Additional details are available in an online supplement, "Basic Performance Prediction of Internal Combustion Engines."

7.1.4 Propeller Performance

7.2 Flight Testing Procedures

7.3 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20

Chapter 8 Airspeed Calibration

8.1 Theory

8.1.1 True Airspeed

8.1.2 Equivalent Airspeed

8.1.3 Calibrated Airspeed

8.1.4 Indicated Airspeed

8.1.5 Summary

8.2 Measurement Errors

8.2.1 Instrument Error

8.2.2 System Lag

8.2.3 Position Error

8.3 Airspeed Calibration Methods

8.3.1 Boom‐Mounted Probes

8.3.2 Trailing Devices and Pacer Aircraft

8.3.3 Ground‐Based Methods

8.3.4 Global Positioning System Method

8.4 Flight Testing Procedures

8.5 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20

Chapter 9 Climb Performance and Level Acceleration to Measure Excess Power

9.1 Theory

9.1.1 Steady Climbs

9.1.2 Energy Methods

9.2 Flight Testing Procedures

9.2.1 Direct Measurement of Rate of Climb

9.2.2 Measurement of Level Acceleration.

9.3 Data Analysis

9.4 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20

Chapter 10 Glide Speed and Distance

10.1 Theory

10.1.1 Drag Polar

10.1.2 Gliding Flight

10.1.3 Glide Hodograph

10.1.4 Best Glide Condition

10.2 Flight Testing Procedures

10.3 Data Analysis

10.4 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20

Chapter 11 Takeoff and Landing

11.1 Theory

11.1.1 Takeoff Ground Roll

11.1.2 Landing Ground Roll

11.1.3 Rotation Distance

11.1.4 Transition Distance

11.1.5 Climb Distance

11.1.6 Total Takeoff and Landing Distances

11.1.7 Simple Estimations

11.2 Measurement Methods

11.3 Flight Testing Procedures

11.3.1 Standard Flight Procedures

11.3.2 Flight Test Procedures

11.3.3 Data Acquisition

11.3.4 Data Analysis

11.4 Flight Test Example: Cessna R182

Chapter 12 Stall Speed

12.1 Theory

12.1.1 Viscous Boundary Layers

12.1.2 Flow Separation

12.1.3 Two‐Dimensional Stall Characteristics

12.1.4 Three‐Dimensional Stall Characteristics

12.1.5 Stall Control

12.1.6 Stall Prediction

12.2 Flight Testing Procedures

12.2.1 Flight Characteristics

12.2.2 Data Acquisition

12.3 Data Analysis

12.4 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20

Chapter 13 Turning Flight

13.1 Theory

13.2 Flight Testing Procedures

13.2.1 Airworthiness Certification

13.2.2 Educational Flight Testing

13.2.3 Piloting

13.2.4 Instrumentation and Data Recording

13.3 Flight Test Example: Diamond DA40

Chapter 14 Longitudinal Stability

14.1 Static Longitudinal Stability

14.1.1 Theory

14.1.2 Trim Condition

14.1.3 Flight Testing Procedures

14.1.4 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20

14.2 Dynamic Longitudinal Stability

14.2.1 Theory

14.2.2 Flight Testing Procedures

14.2.3 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20.

References

Chapter 15 Lateral‐Directional Stability

15.1 Static Lateral‐Directional Stability

15.1.1 Theory

15.1.2 Directional Stability

15.1.3 Lateral Stability

15.1.4 Flight Testing Procedures

15.1.5 Flight Testing Example: Cirrus SR20

15.2 Dynamic Lateral‐Directional Stability

15.2.1 Theory

15.2.2 Flight Testing Procedures

15.2.3 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20

Nomenclature

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Chapter 16 UAV Flight Testing1

16.1 Overview of Unmanned Aircraft

16.2 UAV Design Principles and Features

16.2.1 Types of Airframes

16.2.2 UAV System Architecture

16.2.3 Electric Propulsion

16.2.4 Command and Control (C2) Link

16.2.5 Autonomy

16.3 Flight Regulations

16.4 Flight Testing Principles

16.4.1 Air Data Instrumentation

16.4.2 UAV Flight Test Planning

16.4.3 Piloting for UAV Flight Testing

16.5 Flight Testing Examples with the Peregrine UAS

16.5.1 Overview of the Peregrine UAS

16.5.2 Propulsion System Characterization

16.5.3 Specific Excess Power: Level Acceleration and Rate of Climb

16.5.4 Glide Flight Tests

16.6 Flight Testing Examples with the Avanti UAS

16.6.1 Overview of the Avanti UAS

16.6.2 Coast‐Down Testing for the Drag Polar

16.6.3 Radio Range Testing

16.6.4 Assessment of Autonomous System Performance

16.7 Conclusion

Appendix A Standard Atmosphere Tables

Appendix B Useful Constants and Unit Conversion Factors

Reference

Appendix C Stability and Control Derivatives for a Notional GA Aircraft

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781118949801

1118949803

9781118949795

111894979X

9781118949818

1118949811

OCLC:

1251441246