Development of onboard data acquisition for unmanned air vehicle flight testing
By: Joseph M. Merola
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Description: With the advent of all-aspect missiles and highly maneuverable threat aircraft, maintaining air superiority in the      future will require innovative solutions to current aerodynamic and propulsive limitations. Unmanned Air Vehicles      (UAV's) provide an excellent experimental alternative for supermaneuverability investigations, providing dynamic      flight measurements not available in wind tunnels. A 1/8 geometrically scaled F-16A was constructed and test      flown in order to provide a proven, highly maneuverable of airspeed, angle of attack, sideslip angle, and control      surface deflection. A seven-channel telemetry system was designed to transmit the flight measurement data to a      ground station for display and recording. Follow-on research will complete the on-board systems and perform a      baseline evaluation for comparison with future flight tests with varied control configurations. Keywords: Theses,      Telemetry, Supermaneuverability, Ducted fan, Agility. (jhd)
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): Richard M. Howard.

"December 1996."

Thesis (M.S. in Astronautical Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-126)

Approved for public release; distribution unlimited.

US Navy (USN) author.

dk/dk cc:9116 6/12/97.