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Current State

AAC

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Ongoing work

  • Integration of viscous effects into the vortex lattice method
  • Development of an analytical wing weight estimation tool
  • Integration of transonic airfoils into the design process
  • Development of a design environment
  • Development of own postprocessing tools

Ongoing work

  • Integration of the measurement equipment into the new flying testbed RCXA42
  • Analysis of test flights
  • System identification
  • Integration of measurement instrumentation in to a compact and modular Flight-Box IT
Upcoming work

  • Validation of the wing weight estimation tool
  • Study of correction of compressibility effects
  • Weight and balance estimation
  • Structural and stability calculations
  • Validation with STAR-CCM+ from CD-adapco
Upcoming work

  • Commissioning and calibration of the new flying testbed
  • Further development of an attitude-hold/ rate-command system
  • Development of an autopilot software
  • Development of a down-link system for real time data transfer and processing

State: 29.09.2013