Sailplaning or gliding is one branch of aero sports activities in Indonesia under Federation of Aero Sport Indonesia (FASI). Until now, the most common sailplane used in Indonesia is still Schweitzer SGS 1-26, which is a single seated metal-fabric sailplane designed in 1955 and produced until 1979. The development of a new national glider to replace the Schweitzer SGS 1-26 had been conducted since 2013 and resulted in a design named GL-1. The EASA CS-22 had been chosen as certification basis for GL-1 as there is no equivalent yet in Indonesian CASR. A preliminary design of internal cockpit arrangement and control mechanism has been conducted. This study shows that the control mechanism using a combination of cable and push-pull rod arrangement satisfy the required control surface movement and limited sailplane interior space.
Micro Coaxial Helicopter with compact size and vertical takeoff ability offers a good Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) configuration to handle indoor mission such as search, rescue and surveillance. An autonomous MAV helicopter equipped with micro vision devices could provide more information of the scene, in which the human present is risky. Toward an autonomous flight, mathematical model of the helicopter should be obtained before controller design takes place. This paper will discuss the mathematical modelling, simulation and identification of a micro coaxial helicopter. The mathematical model of the micro coaxial helicopter will be presented, in which total forces and moment are expressed as a Taylor series expansion as function of the state and control variables. The mathematical model will be used to simulate the helicopter responses due to control input. The simulation was used to obtain better understanding of the characteristics of the helicopter before flight test program are performed. Flight test program dedicated to identify the parameter of the micro coaxial helicopter have been carried out. The micro coaxial helicopter was instrumented with sensory system to measure some input and output variables. The use of Kalman filter to estimate the state and total least squares to estimate the aerodynamic parameter of micro coaxial helicopter based on the flight test data will be presented. Some identification results and model validation will be given in this paper.
Twin engines turboprop aircraft provides the most beneficial solution to meet the needs of short distance flight due to high fuel efficiency [1]. One of the emergency conditions which has to be considered for this type of the aircraft when one engine is out operating or one engine inoperative because it involves the safety of flight. Furthermore, a safe flight with one engine inoperative is regulated by FAR/CASR Part 25 and has to be complied during certification .Stability and control characteristics of a turboprop aircraft will change significantly if one engine inoperative condition occurs during cruise phase. The rudder and/or aileron deflections to counter the yawing and rolling moments due to the thrust of the operating engine must satisfy. Recognizing the importance of that consideration, this research will estimate the stability and control characteristics of lateral/directional in one engine inoperative condition on new turboprop 80-pax aircraft design concept.This paper presents procedures for estimating the lateral/directional static stability characteristics of a 80-pax turboprop aircraft during the conceptual design phase. The size of the rudder and aileron have to be iterated to fullfil the requirements at a condition when one engine is not operative. The rudder and the aileron deflections are estimated as functions of airspeed, roll angle, side slip angle and thrust setting. It will be shown in this paper that the required rudder deflection as well as aileron deflection can satisfy to balance the forces and moments due to asymmetrical thrust condition and the minimum control speed of the aircraft can be maintained as well.
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