Test and Calibration of the DLR Falcon Wind Measuring System by Maneuvers

Abstract

After a short survey of the flight maneuvers of the Falcon the high-frequency pitching and yawing oscillations are treated in detail. It is shown that nearly all measured quantities essential for turbulence can be synchronized to 0.01 s and that the sensitivity coefficients for the angles of attack and sideslip (measured by the 858AJ probe) can be determined to about 1 percent. The effects of these angles on the static and dynamic pressures are modeled and utilized to synchronize the pressures.