Flight test instrumentation

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A400M with extensive flight test instrumentation

The flight test instrumentation ( FTI ) is used to obtain additional data during flight tests of aircraft . For this purpose, the aircraft or even just a single system is equipped with sensors , data recording devices , telemetry devices , actuators and monitoring devices that go beyond the normal series status . In order to be able to distinguish additionally equipped components from those of the actual aircraft, they are always shown in orange. This instrumentation and its cabling can be so complex and profound that it has to be integrated during the construction of the aircraft, possibly cannot be removed again and therefore remains in the test aircraft for a lifetime. In aircraft that have little space available, other components are sometimes used instead to accommodate the test devices. B. the on- board cannon or the radar removed or additional external containers are installed.

Web links

Commons : Flight test equipment  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FTI Group: FTI Group. Retrieved February 15, 2013 .
  2. ^ NATO, AGARD: Basic Principles Of Flight Test Instrumentation Engineering, Volume 1. (PDF; 12.7 MB) Retrieved on February 15, 2013 .
  3. ↑ NATO, AGARD: Basic Principles Of Flight Test Instrumentation Engineering, Volume 2. (PDF; 21.3 MB) Retrieved February 15, 2013 .
  4. ↑ NATO AGARD: PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM INSTALLATION. (PDF; 13.0 MB) Retrieved February 15, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Heinz Roth: FLIGHT TEST INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS FOR FIGHTER TYPE AIRCRAFT .
  6. ^ DLR: DLR's research aircraft. Retrieved February 15, 2013 .
  7. ^ R. Janovsky, R. Behr: Flight Testing and Test Instrumentation of PHOENIX . In: Proceedings of the Fifth European Symposium on Aerothermodynamics for Space Vehicles (ESA SP-563). 8-11. November 2004, Cologne, Germany . tape 563 , 2005, ISSN  1609-042X , p. 133 , bibcode : 2005ESASP.563..133J .