Flight Testing Aero 8th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme (Professional Elective-5)

Flight Testing detail syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (Aero), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17AE831), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other aero 8th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Aero 8th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective-5 subjects do refer to Professional Elective-5. The detail syllabus for flight testing is as follows.

Course Objectives:

This course will enable students to

1. Comprehend the basic concepts of flight test instrumentation.
2. Acquire the knowledge of performance flight testing and stability control.
3. Understand the flying qualities.

Module 1

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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. Take-off and landing -methods, procedures and data reduction.

Module 3

Stability and control – longitudinal and maneuvering

Static & dynamic longitudinal stability: – methods of flight testing and data reduction techniques. Stick free stability methods. Maneuvering stability methods & data reduction.

Module 4

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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:

After studying this course, students will be able to:

1. Measure the flight parameters.
2. Estimate the performance of flight.
3. Apply the FAR regulations.

Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):

• Engineering Knowledge.
• Problem Analysis.
• Design / development of solutions
• Interpretation of data

Question paper pattern:

• The question paper will have ten questions.
• Each full question consists of 16 marks.
• There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

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

Reference Books:

1. AGARD, Flight Test Manual Vol. I to IV
2. A.J. Keane, A. Sobester, Small Unmanned fixed-wing Aircraft Design, Wiley, 2017.
3. A. Filippone, Flight Performance of Fixed and Rotary Wing Aircraft, AIAA Series, 2006.

For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Aero, 2017 regulation do visit Aero 8th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.

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