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SESSION 3 - Acquisition and Application of Wind Tunnel Test Data for Aircraft Training of Upset/Loss of Control

Mr Edward Dickes, Director of Testing Services, Bihrle Applied Research, Inc, USA

SESSION 3 - Bihrle Applied Research, Inc.

Wind tunnel testing of aircraft at unusual attitudes, stalls, and spins and the accurate modeling of these effects in flight simulation can better prepare pilots for in-flight conditions. Much of this research has been attributed to military aircraft development but is now becoming more important for commercial aircraft as well. This paper will discuss this importance, the test methods employed to collect these data and provide specific applications, including Bihrle Applied Research's effort to model the effects of in-flight icing on the flight dynamics of the DH-6 aircraft.
 

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sp Edward Dickes

 Mr. Dickes is the Director of Testing Services for Bihrle Applied Research, Inc. (BAR). He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York in 1983. For the past 27 years at BAR, he has been involved primarily in the fields of high angle-of-attack research, aerodynamic math modeling and simulation of flight motions. He has served as a consultant to the aerospace industry on these subjects as well as on test techniques. He has participated in programs for AGARD (Advisory Group for Aerospace Research & Development) on high angle of attack aerodynamics and the application of dynamic data in aircraft simulation. Mr. Dickes is a Senior Member of the AIAA and a Docent at the Virginia Air and Space Museum.

 

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