The Use of Computers in Flight Testing
D. Batten , BEng
(DAVID BATTEN is a Senior Computer Analyst with the Data Systems Group of Rank Xerox Limited. He received a first class honours degree in Electrical Engineering from Liverpool University and since joining Rank Xerox in July 1971 has specialised in large real‐time telemetry data acquisition systems. He recently spent an extended period on site at B.A.C. assisting with the implementation of the computer and telemetry system supplied by Rank Xerox for flight testing the M.R.C.A. part of the Panavia consortium.)
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Abstract
Flight testing of modern high performance aircraft has generated an increasingly complex data handling workload and this contributes significantly to the duration and cost of flight test programmes. Automation of this critical data handling process can reduce the high cost of such a programme by reducing its duration. The effects of automation of data flow at the ground station can be enhanced by the use of immediate flight analysis of data telemetered from the aircraft.
Citation
Batten, D. and BEng (1975), "The Use of Computers in Flight Testing", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 47 No. 6, pp. 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb035255
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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