Scaled Flight Testing is a viable means to de-risk disruptive aircraft technologies and aircraft configurations to high Technical Readiness Level. In the framework of Clean Sky 2 program, the authors are in charge at developing an advanced Autopilot, and a dedicated testing framework for supporting the Scaled Vehicle flight demonstrations. This Autopilot not only includes basic features like other commercial products, but also introduces new characteristics specifically designed for supporting scaled flight testing on unconventional aircraft configurations, allowing implementation of advanced control laws architectures and strategies. To facilitate the flight testing, the framework integrates a dedicated SW function for automated tests, so avoiding, as much as possible, manual piloting and increasing test condition repeatability.


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    Title :

    Scaled Flight Tests Using an Autopilot with Automated Test Capabilities


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    Publication date :

    2024-09-29


    Size :

    1587120 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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