Introduction to Flight Testing. James W. Gregory

      

      Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Series Page

      3  Title Page

      4  Copyright

      5  dedication

      6  About the Authors

      7  Series Preface

      8  Preface

      9  Acknowledgements

      10  About the Companion Website

      11  1 Introduction 1.1 Case Study: Supersonic Flight in the Bell XS‐1 1.2 Types of Flight Testing 1.3 Objectives and Organization of this Book References

      12  2 The Flight Environment: Standard Atmosphere 2.1 Earth's Atmosphere 2.2 Standard Atmosphere Model 2.3 Altitudes Used in Aviation References Notes

      13  3 Aircraft and Flight Test Instrumentation 3.1 Traditional Cockpit Instruments 3.2 Glass Cockpit Instruments 3.3 Flight Test Instrumentation 3.4 Summary References Note

      14  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 References

      15  5 Uncertainty Analysis 5.1 Error Theory 5.2 Basic Error Sources in Flight Testing References

      16  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 6.5 Conclusion References

      17  7 Drag Polar Measurement in Level Flight 7.1 Theory 7.2 Flight Testing Procedures 7.3 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20 References Note

      18  8 Airspeed Calibration 8.1 Theory 8.2 Measurement Errors 8.3 Airspeed Calibration Methods 8.4 Flight Testing Procedures 8.5 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20 References Note

      19  9 Climb Performance and Level Acceleration to Measure Excess Power 9.1 Theory 9.2 Flight Testing Procedures 9.3 Data Analysis 9.4 Flight Test Example: Cirrus SR20 References

      20  10 Glide Speed and Distance 10.1 Theory 10.2 Flight Testing Procedures 10.3 Data Analysis