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Flight experience with lightweight, low-power miniaturized instrumentation systemsEngineers at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility (NASA-Dryden) have conducted two flight research programs with lightweight, low-power miniaturized instrumentation systems built around commercial data loggers. One program quantified the performance of a radio-controlled model airplane. The other program was a laminar boundary-layer transition experiment on a manned sailplane. NASA-Dryden personnel's flight experience with the miniaturized instrumentation systems used on these two programs is reported. The data loggers, the sensors, and the hardware and software developed to complete the systems are described. How the systems were used is described and the challenges encountered to make them work are covered. Examples of raw data and derived results are shown as well. Finally, future plans for these systems are discussed. For some flight research applications where miniaturized instrumentation is a requirement, the authors conclude that commercially available data loggers and sensors are viable alternatives. In fact, the data loggers and sensors make it possible to gather research-quality data in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Document ID
19930013913
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Hamory, Philip J. (NASA Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Facility Edwards, CA, United States)
Murray, James E. (NASA Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Facility Edwards, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1993
Subject Category
Aircraft Instrumentation
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.15:4463
H-1879
NASA-TM-4463
AIAA PAPER 92-4111
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA 6th Biennial Flight Test Conference
Location: Hilton Head, SC
Country: United States
Start Date: August 24, 1992
End Date: August 26, 1992
Accession Number
93N23102
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 505-59-54
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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