Current State

Ongoing work

• Integration of viscous effects into the vortex lattice method
• Development of an analytical wing weight estimation tool
• Integration of transonic airfoils into the design process
• Development of a design environment
• Development of own postprocessing tools

Ongoing work

• Integration of the measurement equipment into the new flying testbed RCXA42
• Analysis of test flights
• System identification
• Integration of measurement instrumentation in to a compact and modular Flight-Box IT

• Validation of the wing weight estimation tool
• Study of correction of compressibility effects
• Weight and balance estimation
• Structural and stability calculations
• Validation with STAR-CCM+ from CD-adapco

• Commissioning and calibration of the new flying testbed
• Further development of an attitude-hold/ rate-command system
• Development of an autopilot software
• Development of a down-link system for real time data transfer and processing