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DWC FLIGHT TEST EDUCATION AT UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL IN REALIZATION OF CDIO INITIATIVES

2009 International CDIO Conference June 7-10, 2009 Singapore Polytechnic. DWC FLIGHT TEST EDUCATION AT UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL IN REALIZATION OF CDIO INITIATIVES. M. Sadraey, D. Joyce, J. O’Donnell, N. Bertozzi. Why flight test in an undergraduate Aeronautical Engineering curriculum?.

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DWC FLIGHT TEST EDUCATION AT UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL IN REALIZATION OF CDIO INITIATIVES

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  1. 2009 International CDIO Conference June 7-10, 2009 Singapore Polytechnic DWC FLIGHT TEST EDUCATION AT UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL IN REALIZATION OF CDIO INITIATIVES M. Sadraey, D. Joyce, J. O’Donnell, N. Bertozzi

  2. Why flight test in an undergraduate Aeronautical Engineering curriculum?

  3. ….The Motivation • The “Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate” (CDIO) initiative • DWC joined the CDIO initiative in May 2006

  4. CDIO at DWC • Features of the DWC Application of CDIO • Students will be well-grounded in theoretical bases of engineering; • Small class size will allow for regular presentations and one-on-one communication; • Students will get extensive machine shop experience beginning with the first semester; • Students will have multiple open-ended design experiences beginning with the first semester; • Students will receive multiple concurrent engineering experiences, taking a product from design and analysis to simulation to manufacturing to assembly and testing; and • Students will have systems integration experience: sensors, controls, software.

  5. CDIO at DWC • Features of the DWC Application of CDIO • Students will be well-grounded in theoretical bases of engineering; • Small class size will allow for regular presentations and one-on-one communication; • Students will get extensive machine shop experience beginning with the first semester; • Students will have multiple open-ended design experiences beginning with the first semester; • Students will receive multiple concurrent engineering experiences, taking a product from design and analysis to simulation to manufacturing to assembly and testing; and • Students will have systems integration experience: sensors, controls, software.

  6. CDIO and Flight Test • Evaluate selected aspects of aircraft performance/flying qualities/systems for a customer to support decisions concerning system development, acquisition, specification or regulatory compliance, and operational use. • Implement - Operate • Conduct research and advance applied technology • Conceive - Design

  7. CDIO and Flight Dynamics • In line with CDIO Standard 8--active learning--that is, “Teaching and learning based on active experiential learning methods,” a flight test engineering experience was integrated into the Aeronautical Engineering program. • An educational tool was developed to allow students to • Master a deeper working knowledge of technical fundamentals • in Flight Dynamics • An “inflight laboratory exercise” supporting: • EG 418 Flight Dynamics I – Aircraft Performance • EG 419 Flight Dynamics II – Aircraft Stability and Control

  8. The Tools The Aircraft

  9. The Tools The Aircraft The Flight Test Instrumentation

  10. The Tools The Aircraft The Faculty The Flight Test Instrumentation

  11. Test Aircraft • Cessna 172R Registration N688DW • Production Normal/Utility Category C-172 • Modified with Engineering Instrumentation • Designed, manufactured, and installed by Calspan Corporation • Modification approved by FAA under a Form 337 • Aircraft retains Normal/Utility Category

  12. Aircraft Instrumentation • Calspan Miniaturized Flight Data Recording System • Engineering Quality Data • High sample rate • High data quantity • Easily employed inflight • Easily downloaded to a laptop • 32 parameters simultaneously recorded

  13. Control Surface Transducers and Magnetometer (Heading Transducer) Elevator & Rudder Transducers and Magnetometer Aileron Position Transducer

  14. Independent Pitot-Static System and Independent GPS Receiver Pitot Probe on Right Wing GPS Receiver on Instrument Glare Shield

  15. The heart of the system…

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