AERODYNAMIC FLOW CONTROL - using plasma actuator.I need to compare my windtunnel result with realtime UAV flight result.How can i acheive it
If you have a laser anemometer you might be able to construct it to operate either side of the relevant section of wing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_Doppler_velocimetry
Other than that a camera and flying through coloured smoke is the only way I know.
Either way you need very calm still air to fly in to make it worthwhile.
For repeatable results a wind tunnel is your only option.
Provided you have the means of supplying sufficient power to the plasma actuator onboard a UAV, you could use camera + on-surface tufts on the wing to show the separation control effect with/without flow control during climb flight.
Similar work was achieved in flight with fluidic actuators ("Microjet-Based Active Flow Control on a Fixed Wing UAV"): http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jfcmv.2014.22006
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