Greetings to you all.
I met some of you at Gaydon and saw first hand your fantastic aircraft.
I'm a PhD student at Cranfield University and my research looks at the health of remotely piloted aircraft and the different methods that can be used to improve the risk margin and reduce long term maintenance costs.
Following Gaydon I had an idea how my interest in large model aircraft and engineering could combine. I'm very interested in flight test of aircraft as part of my continuing professional development.
I have some equipment that when fitted to an aircraft allows me to calculate various useful pieces of information such as airspeed, accelerations, roll rates, fuel flow, and others.
I can turn the data produced into information a pilot can understand.
This can be used so that on future flights when the data system is not fitted the pilot will be in control of the aircraft with a fuller understanding of its operating limits.
If there are any pilots that would be interested I would very much like to discuss running a flight test of their aircraft with them.
My proposal is that the pilot/builder and myself discuss how best my instruments(very small) could be fitted and then fit up the aircraft. The pilot then flies their aircraft and performs some specific maneuvers. I will then perform an analysis and having confirmed the envelope has been well defined remove the test equipment and write a report on the aircraft performance and advice for operations.
There will be no charge on my part except for the experience.
What does everyone think?
