About the Authors |
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Series Preface |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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About the Companion Website |
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1.1 Case Study: Supersonic Flight in the Bell XS-1 |
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1.2 Types of Flight Testing |
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1.2.1 Scientific Research |
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1.2.2 Experimental Flight Test |
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1.2.3 Developmental Test and Evaluation |
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1.2.4 Operational Test and Evaluation |
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1.2.5 Airworthiness Certification |
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1.3 Objectives and Organization of this Book |
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Acronyms and Abbreviations |
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2 The Flight Environment: Standard Atmosphere |
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2.2 Standard Atmosphere Model |
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2.2.2 Gravitational Acceleration and Altitude Definitions |
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2.2.5 Pressure and Density |
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2.2.6 Operationalizing the Standard Atmosphere |
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2.2.1 Comparison with Experimental Data |
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2.3 Altitudes Used in Aviation |
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3 Aircraft And Flight Test Instrumentation |
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3.1 Traditional Cockpit Instruments |
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3.1.1 Gyroscopic-Based Instruments |
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3.1.2 Pressure-Based Instruments |
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3.1.3 Outside Air Temperature |
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3.1.4 Other Instrumentation |
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3.2 Glass Cockpit Instruments |
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3.3 Flight Test Instrumentation |
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3.3.1 Global Navigation Satellite System |
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3.3.6 Fusion of Sensor Data Streams |
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4 Data Acquisition And Analysis |
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4.1 Temporal and Spectral Analysis |
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4.3 Digital Sampling: Bit Depth Resolution and Sample Rate |
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4.5 Flight Testing Example |
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5.1.2 Statistics of Random Error |
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5.1.3 Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Propagation |
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5.1.4 Overall Uncertainty Estimate |
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5.1.5 Chauvenet's Criterion for Outliers |
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5.1.6 Monte Carlo Simulation |
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5.2 Basic Error Sources in Flight Testing |
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5.2.1 Uncertainty of Flight Test Instrumentation |
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5.2.2 Example: Uncertainty in Density (Traditional Approach) |
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5.2.3 Example: Uncertainty in True Airspeed (Monte Carlo Approach) |
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6.3 Case Study: Accept No Unnecessary Risk |
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6.4 Individual Flight Planning |
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6.4.1 Flight Area and Airspace |
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6.4.4 Airplane Pre-Flight |
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7 Drag Polar Measurement In Level Flight |
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7.1.1 Drag Polar and Power Required for Level Flight |
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7.1.3 Internal Combustion Engine Performance |
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7.1.4 Propeller Performance |
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7.2 Flight Testing Procedures |
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7.3 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20 |
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8.1.2 Equivalent Airspeed |
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8.1.3 Calibrated Airspeed |
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8.3 Airspeed Calibration Methods |
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8.3.1 Boom-Mounted Probes |
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8.3.2 Trailing Devices and Pacer Aircraft |
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8.3.3 Ground-Based Methods |
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8.3.4 Global Positioning System Method |
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8.4 Flight Testing Procedures |
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8.5 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20 |
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9 Climb Performance And Level Acceleration To Measure Excess Power |
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9.2 Flight Testing Procedures |
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9.2.1 Direct Measurement of Rate of Climb |
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9.2.2 Measurement of Level Acceleration |
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9.4 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20 |
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10 Glide Speed And Distance |
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10.1.4 Best Glide Condition |
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10.2 Flight Testing Procedures |
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10.4 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20 |
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11.1.1 Takeoff Ground Roll |
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11.1.2 Landing Ground Roll |
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11.1.4 Transition Distance |
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11.1.6 Total Takeoff and Landing Distances |
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11.1.7 Simple Estimations |
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11.3 Flight Testing Procedures |
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11.3.1 Standard Flight Procedures |
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11.3.2 Flight Test Procedures |
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11.4 Flight Test Example: Cessna R182 |
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12.1.1 Viscous Boundary Layers |
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12.1.3 Two-Dimensional Stall Characteristics |
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12.1.4 Three-Dimensional Stall Characteristics |
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12.2 Flight Testing Procedures |
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12.2.1 Flight Characteristics |
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12.4 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20 |
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13.2 Flight Testing Procedures |
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13.2.1 Airworthiness Certification |
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13.2.2 Educational Flight Testing |
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13.2.4 Instrumentation and Data Recording |
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13.3 Flight Test Example: Diamond DA40 |
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14 Longitudinal Stability |
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14.1 Static Longitudinal Stability |
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14.1.3 Flight Testing Procedures |
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14.1.4 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20 |
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14.2 Dynamic Longitudinal Stability |
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14.2.2 Flight Testing Procedures |
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14.2.3 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20 |
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15 Lateral-Directional Stability |
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15.1 Static Lateral-Directional Stability |
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15.1.2 Directional Stability |
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15.1.4 Flight Testing Procedures |
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15.1.5 Flight Testing Example: Cirrus SR20 |
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15.2 Dynamic Lateral-Directional Stability |
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15.2.2 Flight Testing Procedures |
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15.2.3 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20 |
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16.1 Overview of Unmanned Aircraft |
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16.2 UAV Design Principles and Features |
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16.2.1 Types of Airframes |
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16.2.2 UAV System Architecture |
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16.2.3 Electric Propulsion |
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16.2.4 Command and Control (C2) Link |
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16.4 Flight Testing Principles |
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16.4.1 Air Data Instrumentation |
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16.4.2 UAV Flight Test Planning |
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16.4.3 Piloting for UAV Flight Testing |
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16.5 Flight Testing Examples with the Peregrine UAS |
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16.5.1 Overview of the' Peregrine UAS |
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16.5.2 Propulsion System Characterization |
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16.5.3 Specific Excess Power: Level Acceleration and Rate of Climb |
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16.5.4 Glide Flight Tests |
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16.6 Flight Testing Examples with the Avanti UAS |
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16.6.1 Overview of the Avanti UAS |
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16.6.2 Coast-Down Testing for the Drag Polar |
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16.6.3 Radio Range Testing |
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16.6.4 Assessment of Autonomous System Performance |
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Appendix A Standard Atmosphere Tables |
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Appendix B Useful Constants and Unit Conversion Factors |
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Reference |
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Appendix C Stability and Control Derivatives for a Notional GA Aircraft |
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Reference |
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