23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-7.10.5

AN OPERATIONAL EVALUATION OF A TAKE-OFF PERFORMANCE MONITORING ALGORITHM

D. Zammit-Mangion (1), M. Eshelby (2)
(1) University of Malta, Malta; (2) Cranfield University, UK

Keywords: take-off, performance monitoring, performance prediction, flight testing

The paper presents the flight test programme, evaluation methodology and results of the operational evaluation of an algorithm for a take-off performance monitor developed at Cranfield University. Focusing on the requirement of high accuracy and reliability, the paper discusses how the algorithm design methodology contributed towards the achieved performance figures.

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