The aircraft spin - a mathematical approach and comparison to flight test

Bennett, Christopher J.; Lawson, Nicholas J.; Gautrey, Jim; Cooke, Alastair

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dc.contributor.author	Bennett, Christopher J.
dc.contributor.author	Lawson, Nicholas J.
dc.contributor.author	Gautrey, Jim
dc.contributor.author	Cooke, Alastair
dc.date.accessioned	2017-06-27T10:59:15Z
dc.date.available	2017-06-27T10:59:15Z
dc.date.issued	2017-06-09
dc.identifier.citation	Christopher J. Bennett, Nicholas Lawson, Jim Gautrey and Alastair Cooke. The aircraft spin - a mathematical approach and comparison to flight test. AIAA Flight Testing Conference: AIAA AVIATION Forum 2017, 5-9 June 2017, Denver, Colorado, USA.	en_UK
dc.identifier.issn	http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2017-3652
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12113
dc.description.abstract	A Scottish Aviation Bulldog light aircraft operated by the National Flying Laboratory Centre (NFLC) at Cran eld University, modi ed with research equipment including bre optic sensors for wing strain and fuselage pressure measurements, is used to investigate the dynamics of a fully developed spin. A theoretical model is developed to compare with existing ight test data. In particular, the frequency of the aircraft spin is analysed as a function of the mass distribution of the aircraft to determine the e ect of the fuel load. It is found that the spin frequency is minimally a ected by the fuel load since the moments of inertia corresponding to the engine, for example, are far more signi cant. However, it is con rmed that the yawing e ect of the propeller causes the aircraft to spin faster to the right than to the left.	en_UK
dc.language.iso	en	en_UK
dc.publisher	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics	en_UK
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dc.title	The aircraft spin - a mathematical approach and comparison to flight test	en_UK
dc.type	Conference paper	en_UK