[MississippiMan]

I have a vague understanding of how these testbed aircraft work, but I’d like to know more. Anyone here know enough to provide a concise capsule?

MM

[BenLurkin]

I’d only be guessing.

[MindBender26]

Short sensing cycle g meters, strain gages, temp and pressure sensors everywhere, all recording to multi channel data recorders.

That way, when it crashes, you can very quickly learn which engineering committee to blame.