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Basic Principles of Flight Test Instrumentation Engineering, Volume 1, Issue 2 (Introduction G6n6rale Aux Principes De Base De I'Instrumentation Des Essais En Vol)Volume 1 of the AG 300 series on ´Flight Test Instrumentation´ gives a general introduction to the basic principles of flight test instrumentation. The other volumes in the series provide more detailed treatments of selected topics on flight test instrumentation. Volume 1, first published in 1974, has been used extensively as an introduction for instrumentation courses and symposia, as well as being a reference work on the desk of most flight test and instrumentation engineers. It is hoped that this second edition, fully revised, will be used with as much enthusiasm as the first edition. In this edition a flight test system is considered to include both the data collection and data processing systems. In order to obtain an optimal data flow, the overall design of these two subsystems must be carefully matched; the detail development and the operation may have to be done by separate groups of specialists.

The main emphasis is on the large automated instrumentation systems used for the initial flight testing of modern military and civil aircraft. This is done because there, many of the problems, which are discussed here, are more critical. It does not imply, however, that smaller systems with manual data processing are no longer used. In general, the systems should be designed to provide the required results at the lowest possible cost. For many tests which require only a few parameters, relatively simple systems are justified, especially if no complex equipment is available to the user. Although many of the aspects discussed in this volume apply to both small and large systems, aspects of the smaller systems are mentioned only when they are of special interest.

The volume has been divided into three main parts. Part 1 defines the main starting points for the design of a flight test instrumentation system, as seen from the points of view of the flight test engineer and the instrumentation engineer. In Part 2 the discussion is concentrated on those aspects which apply to each individual measuring channel, and in Part 3 the main emphasis is on the integration of the individual data channels into one data collection system and on those aspects of the data processing which apply to the complete system.
Document ID
19940029434
Acquisition Source
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Document Type
Other - Technical Report
Authors
R.W. Borek
(Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards, CA., United States)
A. Pool
(National Aerospace Laboratory Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: AGARDograph 160 Flight Test Instrumentation Series
Publisher: Advisory Group for Aerospace Research & Development
Volume: 1
Issue: 2
Issue Publication Date: March 1, 1994
ISBN: 92-835-0731-2
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Aircraft Design, Testing and Performance
Report/Patent Number
AGARD-AG-160-VOL-1-ISSUE-2
AD-A282984
Accession Number
94N33940
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Portions of document may include copyright protected material.
Keywords
channels (data transmission)
civil aviation
data acquisition
data processing
engineers
flight test instruments
flight tests automatic control
costs
data processing equipment
information flow
procedures
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