Praktikum Flugversuchstechnik

• Announcement: DLR_Uni_Summer_School 2018 – Braunschweig (July 11, 2018)
• Announcement: DLR Flight Test Program – Summer School 2017 (July 3, 2017)
• TUM Students Participate in Flight Testing Course at DLR (September 12, 2016)
• Announcement: DLR Summer School – Flight Testing (July 14, 2016)

Aircraft Performance or Einführung in die Flugsystemdynamik und Flugregelung (Introduction to Flight System Dynamics and Flight Control) is required.
Flight Dynamics, Stability and Control or Fundamentals of Flight Control is highly recommended.

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The Flight Testing Lab provides an exceptional hands-on experience on the theory from numerous lectures (especially Flight System Dynamics 1 and 2): students conduct a test flight in an actual airplane. During test flight preparation, students learn how to shape the theoretically thinkable into operationally feasible test manoeuvers. After the flight, they gain experience in working with experimental data and communicating results. The students’ knowlege of flight performance and flying qualities is expanded and consolidated. Moreover, the lab course fosters efficient team work between student groups and pilots, who share their experience.

1. Introductory Sessions and Flight Test Card Preparation
   Initial sessions with a lot of hands-on individual and group work introduce students to flight testing, flight test techniques, measurements, data analysis and data presentation. Students are then grouped in pairs of two and prepare flight tests cards.
2. Test Flight
   Each student group conducts a test flight, external circumstances (e.g., weather) permitting. During the flight, measurements are taken using for instance aircraft instruments, a stopwatch and an inertial measurement unit. The pictures below illustrate some flight test activities.
3. Data Analysis and Presentation
   All groups’ measurements are collected and distributed. Using this common data base, each group compiles one single report, analyzing and comparing the results of the test flights. In a final meeting, each group presents its findings in a short presentation. Experiences from the test flights can be shared and discussed.

Comprehensive lecture notes, videos, hands-on ground experiments and an optional test flight in a small piston engine aircraft.

All student activities are evaluated. Major items are the flight test cards, the written report and the oral presentation of the findings.

AGARD Flight Test Techniques Series Volume 14, 2005, RTO-AG-300-V14