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18AE824: Flight Testing AERO Syllabus for BE 8th Sem 2018 Scheme VTU (Professional Elective-4)

Flight Testing detailed Syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (AERO), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.

For all the other VTU AERO 8th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Aeronautical Engineering 8th Sem 2018 Scheme.

For all the (Professional Elective-4) subjects refer to Professional Elective-4 Scheme. The detail syllabus for flight testing is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Module 1

Introduction: Sequence, Planning and governing regulations of flight testing. Aircraft weight and center of gravity, flight testing tolerances. Method of reducing data uncertainty in flight test data -sources and magnitudes of error, avoiding and minimizing errors.
Flight test instrumentation: Planning flight test instrumentation, Measurement of flight parameters. Onboard and ground based data acquisition system. Radio telemetry.

Module 2

Performance flight testing-range, endurance and climb: Airspeed-in flight calibration. Level flight performance for propeller driven aircraft and for Jet aircraft-Techniques and data reduction. Estimation of range, endurance and climb performance.
Performance flight testing -take-off, landing, turning flight: Maneuvering performance estimation. Takeoff and landing -methods, procedures and data reduction.

Module 3

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Module 4

Stability and control-lateral and directional
Lateral and directional static & dynamic stability:-Coupling between rolling and yawing moments. Steady heading slide slip. Definition of Roll stability. Adverse yaw effects. Aileron reversal. Regulations, test techniques and method of data reduction.

Module 5

Flying qualities: MIL and FAR regulations. Cooper-Harper scale. Pilot Rating. Flight test procedures. Hazardous flight testing: Stall and spin- regulations, test and recovery techniques. Test techniques for flutter, vibration and buffeting.

Course Outcomes:

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Question paper pattern:

  • The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
  • Each full question will be for 20 marks.
  • There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
  • Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
  • The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

  1. Flight Testing of Fixed Wing Aircraft Ralph D Kimberlin AIAA educational Series 2003
  2. Flight Testing- Conventional and Jet Propelled Airplanes Benson Hamlin Mac Millan 1946

Reference Books:

For the complete Syllabus, results, class timetable, and many other features kindly download the iStudy App
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For the detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE (AERO) 8th Sem, visit Aeronautical Engineering 8th Sem Subjects.

For all (CBSE & Non-CBSC) BE/B.Tech results, visit VTU BE/B.Tech all semester results.

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