SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR KINEMATIC CONSISTENCY PROCESSING

A system, method, and computer program product for analyzing flight test and FDR data that overcomes technical difficulties associated with traditional flight data analysis methods. The method includes inputting angular, linear data and recorded air data, where angular data may include Euler angles or angular rates and linear data may include altitude, ground speed, airspeed, drift angle, runway excursion or load factors. The method generates first inertial data using optimal control to minimize the objective function associated with the angular data and second inertial data using optimal control to minimize the objective function associated with the linear data. The method determines wind speed and direction based on the first and second generated inertial data and the air data.