This paper presents an overview of the system identification techniques developed and applied at the Flight Test and Research Institute during the last decade. System identification techniques have been used extensively to obtain aerodynamic models for a flight-test simulator, which was developed in house and specifically tailored for flight-test instruction and preparation for actual test flights. The methods applied were mostly the output error for data compatibility check and equation error in the time domain for model structure selection and parameter estimation. The most relevant applications are summarized in this paper, including identification of a high angle of attack model with compressibility effects for a jet trainer; estimation of drag polars at high subsonic regime for a jet fighter; identification of aerodynamic model in real-time for a propeller-driven fighter; application of flight-path reconstruction techniques to spin tests, in order to correct errors in the air data sensors; and identification of power effects on the longitudinal stability of a propeller-driven trainer. The examples show that system identification has become crucial to 1) obtain accurate aerodynamic models for training in the flight-test simulator and 2) develop more efficient flight-test techniques.


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    Title :

    Recent Applications of System Identification Techniques at IPEV


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Journal of Aircraft ; 60 , 5 ; 1398-1418


    Publication date :

    2023-05-23


    Size :

    21 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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