Flight-Test Plan Design and Evaluation in a Closed-Loop Framework for a General Aviation Aircraft

A flight test campaign is being prepared for system identification on a general aviation aircraft. The goal is to analyze the effectivity and efficiency of different maneuvers, injected in a closed-loop environment with different controller settings. In a first step, the information content of the planned flight test campaign is evaluated, for the open-loop injection of the system identification maneuvers. Furthermore, the effects of the activation of the feedback controller with different gains during the maneuvers is studied. Preliminary flight tests have been performed on a small drone to validate the simulation based analysis.