Flight Test Method Development for a Quarter-Scale Aircraft with Minimum Instrumentation

Abstract

A flight test method was developed for a quarter-scale model aircraft with minimum onboard instrumentation for the determination of the Drag Polar, the Thrust Required curve and the Power Required curve. The test included a wind tunnel test for propeller efficiencies and thrust coefficients, a torque test for engine shaft horsepower, and a flight test for flight speeds at measured operating conditions. The only additional onboard instrumentation besides that for radio control was a small cassette recorder. Two methods are described for data manipulation and an error analysis is provided for each method. Keywords: Radio controlled aircraft; Instrumentation; Drag polar; Thrust required; Power required; Flight test; Wind tunnel; Torque stand; Theses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA207896

Entities

People

  • Nicolaos D. Bamichas

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Engineering
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Control Surfaces
  • Efficiency
  • Electric Motors
  • Engineering
  • Error Analysis
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Flight Speeds
  • Measurement
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Test Methods
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.