TRENDS IN TELEMETRY FOR THE FLIGHT TEST ENGINEER

Abstract

Flight test engineers, a unique group of individuals whose tasks are to test and evaluate aircraft in operational environments, are faced with the problem of supporting the complex instrumentation formats and higher data rates that are now appearing on airborne instrumentation platforms. The majority of off-the-shelf portable telemetry support equipment has not kept up with the demands of the modern-day Flight Test Engineer-Data Analyst.