Introduction to Flight Testing. James W. Gregory
Table of Contents
1 Cover
8 Preface
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