This course is aimed at aviation professionals (pilots and engineers) seeking to gain an understanding of rotary wing aircraft performance, flying qualities and avionics academic theory, as well as associated flight test techniques. Students are exposed to a combination of academic theory background lectures, flight test technique lectures and tutorials/workshops providing an opportunity to apply their flight knowledge in a practical flight test environment. The course also covers the philosophy, methodology and discipline of flight test with practical exposure to key rotary wing flight test methods. Test planning, flight test risk management processes, data acquisition and analysis, and report writing are covered in detail, with students consolidating their learning during practical, competency-based exercises. Participants are also introduced to civil specifications for rotary wing aircraft (CS27/29), relevant military specifications, specifically ADS-33E-PRF, and methods of demonstrating compliance when testing a new or modified aircraft. A dedicated end of course flight test exercise is performed, providing an opportunity for the student to consolidate and demonstrate the flight test principles and techniques learnt during the course.
Topics:
- Introduction to Flight Test
- Safety and Risk in Flight Test
- Cockpit Anthropometrics
- Test Planning & Report Writing
- Air Data and Pressure Error Correction
- Engine and Rotor Governing Assessment
- Hover Performance
- Vertical Climb Performance
- Climb and Descent Performance
- Level Flight Performance
- Introduction to Flying Qualities & Handling Qualities
- Aerodynamic Derivatives and Equations of Motion
- Flight Control Mechanical Characteristics
- Longitudinal Static and Dynamic Stability
- Controllability
- Lateral-Directional Static and Dynamic Stability
- Handling Qualities & ADS-33
- Detailed Avionics Testing Module, including Communications / Navigation, Displays and EFIS, Visions Systems, TCAS, Cockpit Workload, EMI/EMC
Start dates: On Demand
Cost (USD): $31,500
Duration: 7 Weeks
The new facility features a 27,000 sq.ft. hangar, big enough to house ITPS’s expanding fleet of aircraft. The administration and classroom building have been extended by 15,000 square feet and feature six additional classrooms, a simulator centre, a state of the art Telemetry Room, additional student facilities and change rooms. The new building features additional briefing rooms, a flight crew ready room and much enlarged canteen area.
CYXU is a modern regional airport 5 nm north east of the city of London, Ontario. The airport is an international gateway airport with direct flights from Chicago and Detroit and Immigration and Customs facilities. It is as of 2009 the 20th busiest airport in Canada, which makes for efficient school operations with little to no delays due to traffic. The airport is south of Toronto and outside the Toronto (CYYZ) FIR and has close access to large sections of Class E and G airspace minimizing transit times for the execution of flight exercises which can be flown up to FL180 on a VFR flight plan but are Controlled VFR (CVFR) with flight control by Toronto Center above 12000 feet. Two dedicated test areas Delta and Juliet a low altitude one to 12000 and a high altitude one over Lake Huron, up to FL350, north west of London may be used by the school under an agreement with NAV Canada, the Canadian Air Traffic Control Authority. The school therefore enjoys a very favourable air traffic environment for its training operations.
