And there goes the seniors. Yesterday (saturday 10th) was the 10B graduation party. With the seniors gone, we are getting ourselves ready to welcome the new (11B) class and assume our new "senior class" status.
Apart from that, nothing really new. We still have a busy flying schedule. Propulsion demo, long-stat demo, and T-38 FQ demo are over, but we still have LCO, departure, lat-dir C12 demo, long-stat and lat-dir T-38 data, and maybe a couple others I'm forgetting.
Next week, we may have a brief for the T-38 HQ demo.
Which brings me to last week's quizz : FQ, or flying qualities, refers to the dynamics of the aircraft alone. HQ, or hqndling qualities, refer to the characteristics of the aircarft + the pilot. In other word, to assess FQ, we just "excite" the natural modes of the aircraft, using maneuvers such as steady handing sideslip, doublets, ... For HQ, we have to define tasks such as : keep the target within 1 mrad of the center of your visor, and then evaluate how easy it is to perform that task. All right, did I got it right Mr Twisdale ??
Last week, we also began our flight control system (FCS) project. Using Matlab, we are designing a longitudinal FCS to improve the handling qualities of the learjet.
Next week ,we will have a new class : desgin of experiment, and I'm not sure what this is all about.
Also, at the end of next week will be our much needed 2 weeks break.
I won't be writing anything here until after we come back, so that will be on sunday, 10th of July.
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