Test Operations Procedure (TOP) 07-2-001 In-Flight Simulation Environmental Test

Abstract

The procedures in this Test Operations Procedure (TOP) describe a method for in-flight simulation of environments for small fixed wing aircraft, manned or unmanned. The test method simulates the temperature and humidity environment that the aircraft will experience in-flight, both the ascent to altitude and low temperature environment and the descent into a warm moist environment. Altitude is simulated by adjusting the airflow across the aircraft to provide an equivalent mass flow rate that the aircraft would be exposed to at altitude. This test method will be utilized when the size of the aircraft exceeds the available altitude chamber size.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 12, 2020
Accession Number
AD1106908

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Temperature
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Altitude Chambers
  • Chambers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Dwell Time
  • Environment
  • Environmental Tests
  • Flight Simulations
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Humidity
  • Instrumentation
  • Low Temperature
  • Mass
  • Mass Flow
  • Measurement
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy