View planning for visual detection coverage tasks of large airplane upper surface using UAVs
In order to enhance the efficiency of visual inspection and effectively carry out 3D visual coverage tasks, this paper focuses on the 3D view planning problem concerning the visual coverage of an airplane’s surface using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV ...
Zhun Huang
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Flight test results of the Strapdown hexad Inertial Reference Unit (SIRU). Volume 1: Flight test summary [PDF]
Flight test results of the strapdown inertial reference unit (SIRU) navigation system are presented. The fault-tolerant SIRU navigation system features a redundant inertial sensor unit and dual computers.
Bjorkman, W. S., Hruby, R. J.
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Aircraft icing is a high-impact weather phenomenon that poses a serious threat to aviation safety while also offering valuable opportunities for flight testing under complex meteorological conditions.Verification flight tests of civil aircraft in ...
Zelin WANG +3 more
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B-52B/DTV (Drop Test Vehicle) flight test results: Drop test missions [PDF]
The NASA test airplane, B-52B-008, was a carrier for drop tests of the shuttle booster recovery parachute system. The purpose of the test support by Boeing was to monitor the vertical loads on the pylon hooks.
Doty, L. J.
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AFTI/F-16 digital flight control system experience [PDF]
The Advanced Flighter Technology Integration (AFTI) F-16 program is investigating the integration of emerging technologies into an advanced fighter aircraft.
Mackall, D. A.
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Adaptive Extended Kalman Prediction-Based SDN-FANET Segmented Hybrid Routing Scheme
Recently, with the advantages of easy deployment, flexibility, diverse functions, and low cost, flying ad hoc network (FANET) has captured great attention for its huge potential in military and civilian applications, whereas the high-speed movement and ...
Ke Sun +3 more
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Current flight test experience related to structural divergence of forward-swept wings [PDF]
Flight testing the X-29A forward-swept wing aircraft has required development of new flight test techniques to accomplish subcritical extrapolations to the actual structural divergence dynamic pressure of the aircraft.
Lokos, William A., Schuster, Lawrence S.
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Flutter Clearance of the F-14A Variable-Sweep Transition Flight Experiment Airplane, Phase 2 [PDF]
An F-14A aircraft was modified for use as the test-bed aircraft for the variable-sweep transition flight experiment (VSTFE) program. The VSTFE program was a laminar flow research program designed to measure the effects of wing sweep on laminar flow.
Freudinger, Lawrence C. +1 more
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Research on flight detection and data compliance analysis methods for ice meteorological
During the natural icing test flight of an aircraft, capturing icing weather conditions, selecting optimal meteorological conditions, and processing compliance data have been long-standing challenges.
DING Junliang
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Digital electronic engine control F-15 overview [PDF]
A flight test evaluation of the digital elctronic engine control (DEEC) system was conducted. An overview of the flight program is presented. The roles of the participating parties, the system, and the flight program objectives are described.
Kock, B.
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