Performance Profile Testing of the Dassault Falcon 10/100 by Thomas Henry Bolek Roman a Thesis Submitted to the College of Engin
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Performance Profile Testing of the Dassault Falcon 10/100 by Thomas Henry Bolek Roman A thesis submitted to the College of Engineering and Science of Florida Institute of Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Flight Test Engineering Melbourne, Florida May, 2021 We the undersigned committee hereby approve the attached thesis, “Performance Profile Testing of the Dassault Falcon 10.” by Thomas Henry Bolek Roman _________________________________________________ Brian A. Kish, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair, Flight Test Engineering Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences Major Advisor _________________________________________________ Markus Wilde, Dr.-Ing. Associate Professor Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences _________________________________________________ Isaac Silver, Ph.D. Test Pilot Energy Management Aerospace LLC _________________________________________________ David Fleming, Ph.D., P.E. Associate Professor and Department Head Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences Abstract Performance Profile Testing of the Dassault Falcon 10/100 Author: Thomas Henry Bolek Roman Advisor: Brian Kish, Ph.D. The objective of the performance profile and flight testing comparison is to practice flight test theory on a turbofan-powered aircraft, compare results to Dassault published parameters, and give insight on how this may become a module for the flight test engineering program at Florida Tech. The performance experiments conducted were takeoff performance, level acceleration, level flight performance, stall speed, and roll performance. Takeoff distance was observed using the data from the Stratus ADSB receiver, which gave GPS coordinates; additionally, takeoff distance was measured via Google Earth from the start and the takeoff location observed by the co-pilot. The takeoff field required was calculated to be 3,474 ft, 2% lower than the published FAR Part 25 takeoff distance. Level acceleration experiments were completed at two altitudes 10,500 ft and 17,000 ft. Level accelerations were carried out by taking the aircraft nearly to stall, then doing a 100% throttle input until a steady state speed was achieved. Level flight 푊 푊 performance was conducted using the constant method. An initial was observed at 훿 훿 14,500 ft at M = 0.7 for 60 seconds. For the next data point, a new altitude was calculated 푊 to correspond with the proper delta required to keep constant since weight decreases as 훿 fuel is burned. A determination of stall speed was observed; however, a clean stall was not possible on the Dassault Falcon-10 since there is a stall prevention system that deploys slats automatically. The lowest speed observed was 90 knots. Roll performance was inspected by doing 45-to 45 rolls and taking the time to get from 30˚ LWD to 30˚ RWD and vice versa. The average time to roll was 0.68 seconds with and average roll rate of 88 degrees per second. iii Table of Contents Abstract ................................................................................................................................ iii List of Figures ....................................................................................................................... vi List of Tables ..................................................................................................................... viii List of Equations ................................................................................................................... ix List of Symbols ...................................................................................................................... x Acknowledgement ............................................................................................................... xii Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1 Background and Objectives ............................................................................................... 1 Performance Flight Testing History .................................................................................. 2 Airworthiness Certification ............................................................................................... 3 CFR 14 Part 25 .............................................................................................................. 4 Part 25 Performance .......................................................................................................... 6 Criteria for Success ........................................................................................................... 6 Test Article ........................................................................................................................ 7 Airplane Layout ............................................................................................................ 7 Cockpit .......................................................................................................................... 8 Specifications ................................................................................................................ 9 Flight Test Crew .............................................................................................................. 11 Test Location and Meteorological Conditions ................................................................ 11 Chapter 2 Test Procedures ................................................................................................... 13 Flight Test Profile ............................................................................................................ 13 Takeoff Distance Test Procedure .................................................................................... 15 iv Level Acceleration Test Procedure .................................................................................. 16 Stall Speed Test Procedure .............................................................................................. 17 Level Flight Performance Test Procedure ....................................................................... 19 Roll Performance Test Procedure .................................................................................... 20 Data Recording and Test Instruments ............................................................................. 20 Chapter 3 Data Reduction .................................................................................................... 23 Stratus Data ..................................................................................................................... 23 GoPro .............................................................................................................................. 24 Excel ................................................................................................................................ 29 Chapter 4 Test Result........................................................................................................... 35 Flight Analysis ................................................................................................................ 35 Takeoff Performance ....................................................................................................... 35 Level Acceleration .......................................................................................................... 36 Level Flight Performance ................................................................................................ 40 Stall Performance ............................................................................................................ 47 Roll Performance ............................................................................................................. 47 Future Flight Testing ....................................................................................................... 48 Chapter 5 Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 50 References ........................................................................................................................... 51 Appendix A .......................................................................................................................... 53 v List of Figures Figure 1 FAA Managed Risk Diagram [7] ............................................................................ 5 Figure 2 FAA Probability of Catastrophic Failure vs. Kinetic energy [7] ............................. 5 Figure 3 Dassault Falcon 10 Test Article N30TE .................................................................. 7 Figure 4 Dassault Falcon 10 Cabin Layout [8] ...................................................................... 8 Figure 5 Dassault Falcon 10 Cockpit ..................................................................................... 9 Figure 6 Dassault Falcon 10 Test Article [9] ....................................................................... 10 Figure 7 Dassault Falcon 10 Parameters [9] ........................................................................ 10 Figure 8 Flight Test Crew .................................................................................................... 11 Figure 9 Flight Map via ForeFlight GPS ............................................................................. 12 Figure 10 Test Flight Elevation vs. Time Plot ....................................................................