Understanding Performance Flight Testing: Kitplanes and Production Aircraft

Name: Understanding Performance Flight Testing: Kitplanes and Production Aircraft
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ISBN: 9780071376792

ISBN-10: 0071376798

ISBN-13: 9780071376792

Edition: 2nd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Hubert C. Smith

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Once a plane is built it must be flight tested and pass to be certified for legal flight. This book tells you how to conduct performance flight tests, how to collect the data and how to crunch it using MS Excel, and how to read the results.

Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 8/28/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Effects of Atmosphere	p. 1
General Flight Test Procedures	p. 11
Methods of Obtaining Data	p. 12
Gross Weight Determination	p. 18
Weather for Flight Testing	p. 21
Use of Equations	p. 25
Presentation of Data	p. 27
Airspeed Calibration	p. 33
Airspeed Errors	p. 33
Test Procedure	p. 36
GPS Method	p. 43
True Airspeed	p. 46
Airspeed Calibration Example (Speed-Course Method)	p. 48
Airspeed Calibration Example (GPS Method)	p. 49
Stall Speed	p. 51
Bank Effects on Stall	p. 54
Test Procedure	p. 55
Stall Speed Test Example	p. 59
Takeoff Performance	p. 61
Forces Acting	p. 62
Test Procedure	p. 63
Photo Recording Method	p. 65
Velocity Calculation	p. 68
Wind Correction	p. 70
Altitude Correction	p. 72
Takeoff Distance to Clear Obstructions	p. 75
Takeoff Test Example	p. 78
Climb Performance	p. 83
Drag	p. 83
Power Required	p. 86
Power Available	p. 87
Rate of Climb	p. 90
Test Procedure	p. 91
Rate-of-Climb Test Example	p. 95
Time and Distance to Climb	p. 96
Cruise Performance	p. 101
Power Determination	p. 101
Cruising Speed Test Procedure	p. 105
Maximim Speed Test Procedure	p. 107
Range	p. 110
Range Test Procedures	p. 113
Endurance	p. 119
Cruise Performance Example	p. 120
Descent and Landing Performance	p. 121
Determining Glide Ratio	p. 124
Landing	p. 127
Landing Test Procedure	p. 131
Glide Distance Example	p. 135
Landing Distance Example	p. 136
Computer Methods	p. 139
Airspeed Calibration	p. 141
Stall Speed	p. 143
Takeoff Performance	p. 145
Rate of Climb	p. 152
Cruise Performance	p. 157
Glide Performance	p. 161
Landing Distance	p. 168
Conclusion	p. 171
Evaluating Modification Effects	p. 173
Speed	p. 174
Climb Performance	p. 177
Stall Speed	p. 178
Symbols, Conversion Factors, Data Sheet	p. 181
Performance Data Examples	p. 187
Bibliography	p. 213
Index	p. 215
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