
19
CHAPTER
Discovering Novel Fighter
Com bat Ma neuvers:
Si rn u lati ng Test Pi lot Creativity
R. E. Smith The University of The West of England
B. A. Dike The Boeing Company
B. Ravichandran Scientific Systems
A. EI-Fallah Scientific Systems
R. K. Mehra Scientific Systems
19.1
INTRODUCTION
New technologies for fighter aircraft are being developed continuously. Often,
aircraft engineers can know a great deal about the aerodynamic performance of
new fighter aircraft that exploit new technologies, even before a physical proto-
type is constructed or flown. Such aerodynamic knowledge is available from de-
sign principles, ...