A Data-Based Architecture for Flight Test without Test Points

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02315v1
• Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2025 23:05:52 GMT
• Title: A Data-Based Architecture for Flight Test without Test Points
• Authors: D. Isaiah Harp, Joshua Ott, John Alora, Dylan Asmar,
• Abstract summary: We use a machine learning method to produce a reduced-order model (ROM) of an air vehicle.<n>ROM can generate a prediction based on any set of conditions the pilot flies.<n>We present a single example of this "point-less" architecture, using T-38C flight test data.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: The justification for the "test point" derives from the test pilot's obligation to reproduce faithfully the pre-specified conditions of some model prediction. Pilot deviation from those conditions invalidates the model assumptions. Flight test aids have been proposed to increase accuracy on more challenging test points. However, the very existence of databands and tolerances is the problem more fundamental than inadequate pilot skill. We propose a novel approach, which eliminates test points. We start with a high-fidelity digital model of an air vehicle. Instead of using this model to generate a point prediction, we use a machine learning method to produce a reduced-order model (ROM). The ROM has two important properties. First, it can generate a prediction based on any set of conditions the pilot flies. Second, if the test result at those conditions differ from the prediction, the ROM can be updated using the new data. The outcome of flight test is thus a refined ROM at whatever conditions were flown. This ROM in turn updates and validates the high-fidelity model. We present a single example of this "point-less" architecture, using T-38C flight test data. We first use a generic aircraft model to build a ROM of longitudinal pitching motion as a hypersurface. We then ingest unconstrained flight test data and use Gaussian Process Regression to update and condition the hypersurface. By proposing a second-order equivalent system for the T-38C, this hypersurface then generates parameters necessary to assess MIL-STD-1797B compliance for longitudinal dynamics.

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