Calspan Flight Research Recent Activities Lou Knotts

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Calspan Flight Research Recent ActivitiesLou
Knotts

• SAE ACGSC Meeting
• Salt Lake City
• March 2-4, 2005

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Discussion Topics

• Divestiture by General Dynamics
• Niagara Falls New Flight Test Facility
• Learjet 3
• Learjet Automated Aerial Refueling
• FAA Upset Recovery Training (URT)

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Divestiture by General Dynamics

• Aero and Transportation Testing Businesses sold
  by GD
• Completed 18 February 2005
• Returned to Calspan Corporation
• Business consists of five operating units
• Flight Research
• Transonic Wind Tunnel
• Transportation Science Center
• Crash Data Research Center
• System Integration Design
• 230 employees
• Buffalo, Edwards, Roswell, Ann Arbor, Miami

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Niagara Falls Hangar
Our first aircraft, November 2004
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Learjet 3 Bought

• 25D Serial 347
• Currently at Wichita factory for inspection
• 1 year in-flight simulation modifications start
  in April

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Learjet Automated Aerial Refueling

• AAR Sponsored by AFRL
• Utilizing Learjet as surrogate J-UCAS
• Objectives
• Clear Learjet to operate up to and including
  Contact position with KC-135
• Evaluate acceptability of sensors
• Evaluate control laws for automated refueling
• Initial Test Flights
• Sep 2004
• Gathered data for PGPS EO sensors
• Next
• Install throttle servos Summer 2005
• Data-link test - Sep 2005
• Initial automated closed-loop tests Jun 06
• Final automated closed-loop tests Jun 07

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FAA Upset Recovery Training

• FAA Sponsored 5 Year Program
• Based at Roswell, NM
• Objectives
• Develop an In-Flight Simulation Based URT Program
• Train up to 2,000 Airline Pilots
• Optimize URT
• Utilizes Learjet IFS and Aerobatic Bonanza
• ½ Day Lecture, Ground Sim, Bonanza Flt, LJ Flt.
• Data being collected
• Pilot background info
• Video, Digital data
• Post-flight comments Recovery Rating (similar
  to C-H)
• Expanding to Commercial Customers several air
  carriers interested, business aviation, others

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FAA Upset Recovery Training
LEARJET Accident Scenarios CG shifts PIO
tendencies Wake vortex Jammed controls
Surface hard-over Runaway trim Total
hydraulic failure
BONANZA Aerobatics Loops Rolls Split-S
Positive Negative g Nose high recovery Nose
low recovery
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URT Current Program Status

• Completed Third year of program
• 2002 03 (Year 1)
• Curriculum flight scenarios prepared
• Ground simulator delivered (Genesis companion
  trainer)
• Hotbench development system started (new
  Wheel/Column)
• 83 Participants (Aug 02 Jun 03)
• 2003 05 (Year 2/3)
• 160 Participants to date (Jun 03 Feb 05)
• Completed Hotbench system architecture
  Wheel/Column
• 53 Participant Organizations
• 33 Passenger Airlines, 4 Cargo, 2 Charter, FAA,
  ALPA, APA, NTSB, NMDoT, 3 Manufacturers, 4
  Universities, 2 Journalists

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Pilots Confidence of Recovery vs IFS URT Training
Dramatic Improvement after IFS-Based
Training (based on 182 subjects to date - 7/31/04)
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