Flight Testing - Steffen Haakon Schrader

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Flight Testing (eBook)

Analysis of the Spin Dynamics of a Single–Engine Low–Wing Aeroplane

Steffen Haakon Schrader (Autor)

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2023 | 1st ed. 2023
XI, 266 Seiten
Springer Berlin Heidelberg (Verlag)
978-3-662-63218-5 (ISBN)

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As spinning is still involved in around 60% of all aircraft accidents (BFU, 1985 and Belcastro, 2009), this aerodynamic phenomenon is still not fully understood. As U.S. and European Certification Specifications do not require recoveries from fully developed spins of Normal Category aeroplanes, certification test flights will not discover aeroplane mass and centre of gravity combinations which may result in unrecoverable spins.

This book aims to contribute to a better understanding of the spin phenomenon through investigating the spin regime for normal, utility and aerobatic aircraft, and to explain what happens to the aircraft in terms of the aerodynamics, flight mechanics and the aircraft stability. The approach used is to vary the main geometric parameters such as the centre of gravity position and the aeroplane's mass across the flight envelope, and to investigate the subsequent effect on the main spin characteristic parameters such as the angle of attack, pitch angle, sideslip angle, rotational rates, and recovery time.

First of all, a literature review sums up the range of technical aspects that affect the problem of spinning. It reviews the experimental measurement techniques used, theoretical methods developed and flight test results obtained by previous researchers. The published results have been studied to extract the effect on spinning of aircraft geometry, control surface effectiveness, flight operational parameters and atmospheric effects. Consideration is also made of the influence on human performance of spinning, the current spin regulations and the available training material for pilots.

A conventional-geometry, single-engine low-wing aeroplane, the basic trainer Fuji FA-200-160, has been instrumented with a proven digital flight measurement system and 27 spins have been systematically conducted inside and outside the certified flight envelope. The accuracy of the flight measurements is ensured through effective calibration, and the choice of sensors has varied through the study, with earlier sensors suffering from more drift than the current sensors (Belcastro, 2009 and Schrader, 2013).

In-flight parameter data collected includes left and right wing a and ß-angles, roll-pitch-yaw angles and corresponding rates, all control surface deflections, vertical speeds, altitude losses and the aeroplane's accelerations in all three directions.

Such data have been statistically analysed. The pitch behaviour has been mathematically modelled on the basis of the gathered flight test data.

Nine observations have been proposed. These mainly cover the effects of centre of gravity and aircraft mass variations on spin characteristic behaviour. They have all been proven as true through the results of this thesis. The final observation concerns the generalisation of the Fuji results, to the spin behaviour of other aircraft in the same category.

These observations can be used to improve flight test programmes, aircraft design processes, flight training materials and hence contribute strongly to better flight safety.

Steffen H. Schrader is Associate Professor for Flight Test and Polar Aviation at 'The Arctic University of Norway' in Tromsø, he teaches at the 'Empire Test Pilots' School' (ETPS) in Boscombe Down (UK) and he is Leader of an Aerospace Technology Degree Programme at the Osnabrueck University of Applied Sciences in close collaboration with the University of the West of England (Bristol) where he completed his PhD.

He studied Aerospace Technology at the Technical University of Braunschweig and the Coventry University (UK). He is Test Pilot according to EASA regulations since 2003, Airline Transport Pilot and Flying Instructor since more than 25 years.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.3.2023
Zusatzinfo	XI, 266 p. 188 illus., 145 illus. in color.
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
Schlagworte	aviation technology • flight testing • research test flying • Single Engine low wing aeroplane research • Spinning Aeroplane • spin research • Test Flying
ISBN-10	3-662-63218-7 / 3662632187
ISBN-13	978-3-662-63218-5 / 9783662632185

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