Description
Introduction to Aircraft Flight Test Engineering
| Author | : Jeppesen |
| Year | : 1981 |
| BookType | : Paperback |
| Pages | : 90 |
| ISBN | : 9780891002253 |
Introduction to Aircraft Flight Test Engineering (English) by Jeppesen
Description
Introduction to Aircraft Flight Test Engineering
This book is also useful for practicing engineers or others with technical ability to evaluate the performance of light airplane The book is primarily intended to serve as both a text and a laboratory manual in this subject for use by colleges and universities.The performance of an airplane can be predicted with reasonable accuracy by deduction from the physical laws which apply. However, so many variable enter into an airplanes performance that it is impossible to predict exactly by analytical methods. Therefore, just as “the proof of the pudding is in the eating” the proof of the airplane performance is in the flying.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Airspeed Calibration: airspeed system errors; gauge error determination; position error; determination of pressure coefficient; flight testing; experimental procedure
Drag and Power Required: drag breakdown; airplane efficiency factor; power required; power available; propeller efficiency; brake horsepower; generalized power curve; correction for excess power during test; determining “e” and “f” experimentally; experimental procedure
Climb Performance: rate of climb; ceiling; flight test measurements; time to climb; experimental procedure
Stall Velocity and Maximum Lift Coefficient: relation of velocity and lift coefficient; determining the CL max experimentally; experimental procedure
Takeoff Performance: theoretical determination of takeoff distance; analog computer solution; headwind correction; correction to standard conditions; runway slope effects; experimental procedures
Maximum Speed: theoretical determination of maximum speed; experimental determination
Range: theoretical determination; experimental determination
Static Longitudinal Stability: determining static stability; elevator effects; determination of the stick neutral point; determining CG location
Dynamic Longitudinal Stability: equations of motion; evaluation of stability derivatives; solution of equations of motion; experimental procedures
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