06.1 - Flight Dynamics and Control (Control & Modelling)
A LOW COST MODEL AIRCRAFT FLIGHT RESEARCH FACILITY IN WIND TUNNEL
B.W. Nie, National University of Defense Technology, China; L.L. Guo¹, F. Cen¹, O. Sename², L. Dugard²; ¹China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, China ;²Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, GIPSA-lab, France
This paper describes a low cost model aircraft flight research facility and its features, including 3-DOF rig for almost frictionless model support, subscale model for dynamically scaling, avionics for Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) and some illustrative results. The results highlight the flight testing capability, flexibility and simplicity to validate flight control laws of aircraft.