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Flight Testing The Piper Pa-32 Saratoga And Pa-31 Navajo, Matthew John Dimaiolo

Masters Theses

The purpose of this thesis was to flight test the University of Tennessee Space Institute’s PA-32 Saratoga and PA-31 Navajo and provide baseline data for future students to reference. Flight tests consisted of both performance and stability and control parameters using a variety of flight test techniques. The tests selected represent the fundamentals that are taught in classes and short courses at the university, beginning with the air data system calibration, proceeding to cruise and climb performance, to stall performance and characteristics, and to static and dynamic stability.

After an introduction and description of the aircraft and flight test program, …