22nd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Harrogate, UK, 28 August - 1st September, 2000
Paper ICAS 2000-1.7.2

INTEGRATION OF SUBSCALE FLIGHT TESTING DESIGN EDUCATION

C. Munro, P. Berry, P. Krus
Linköping University, Sweden

Keywords: design education, flight testing, model building

Traditional final aircraft design courses have focused on the development of a “paper" product. This paper reflects on the development of a program where students are required to design, build and fly a model of the aircraft they design. Experience has suggested that the students were motivated towards such a task and generally found it to be a worthwhile learning experience. Such a process provided a degree of closure to the design loop that would not otherwise be present. Additionally, such a program has been found to be an excellent focus for research work in various areas and for collaboration

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