1. Flight Testing in the University Environment Dr. Chuck Hall SETP Flight Test Safety Workshop May, 2008

2. Introduction  Aircraft  Personnel  Organization/Operation

3. Aircraft Senior Design  Fall Semester Design 3 hrs  Spring Semester Construction Testing 4 hrs

4. Aircraft Senior Design (Fall Semester)  Design Problem  Proposal  PDR  CDR (final exam)

5. Aircraft Senior Design (Spring Semester)  Construction  Ground Testing  Taxi Testing  Flight Testing

6. Aircraft Senior Design – Problems

7.  THA’s Spilled Fuel Land Gear Failure Engine Failure Uncontrolled Landing (Radio Failure) Heat Exhaustion

8. Personnel  Cadre Faculty (10-20 yrs experience) Grad Students (2-3 yrs experience)  Students Initial Experience

9. Introduction to Flight Testing  SOP’s  Safety SOP’s Order of Precedence Distance is safety  Check Lists  THA’s  Test Cards

10. Organization  Flight Crew  Support Crew  Base

11. Organization (con’t)  Flight Crew 2 Faculty 2 Students  Support 1 Grad Student 4 Students  Base Grad Students Students Observers

12. The Exception – Team Phelan

16. The Unique - Tandamonium

22. After Thoughts  Fly or Fail: The Double Edged Sword  Team Dynamics vs. Aircraft Dynamics  When you know its going to be a bad day (or the time to say no!)

23. Questions?