Aerodynamic Characterization of an Off-the-Shelf Aircraft via Flight Test and Numerical Simulation

Murat Bronz (1) , Gautier Hattenberger (2, 1)

1 DRONES - ENAC - Programme transverse Drones
2 MAIAA - ENAC - Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées, Informatique et Automatique pour l'Aérien

Characterization of an off-the-shelf small tailless aircraft with a wing span of 1:3m is presented. Mentioned aircraft is being used in several scientific measurement projects by authors, whereas the ight performance and quality such as endurance, and stability plays an important role on the measurement quality. Hence the main objective is to use the extracted and fine tuned aerodynamic and ight performance characteristics of the aircraft for a better flight control and mission planning during simulations and real flights. Aerodynamic characteristics are obtained through flight tests, numerical analyses, and some isolated ground experiments for the propulsion system. The comparison of different measurement and estimation techniques are discussed.

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Automatique / Robotique; Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Mécanique [physics.med-ph]; Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]

Murat Bronz, Gautier Hattenberger. Aerodynamic Characterization of an Off-the-Shelf Aircraft via Flight Test and Numerical Simulation. AIAA Flight Testing Conference 2016, Jun 2016, Washington, United States. pp.E-ISBN:978-1-62410-431-2, ⟨10.2514/6.2016-3979⟩. ⟨hal-01333870⟩