The SFTE EC Jesualdo Martinez Award In Flight Testing has been created to commemorate our colleague and board member Jesualdo Martines Rodanes, who tragically deceased in the accident of A400M MSN 23, in Seville in May 2015.
Francisca Coll Herrero, HO Flight Test Analysis Tools Department, Airbus Defense and Space, Getafe-Madrid, Spain
Miguel Arevalo Nogales, Senior Engineer in Flight Test Analysis Tools, Airbus Defence and Space, Getafe-Madrid, Spain
During the development of an aircraft it is mandatory to demonstrate that the Aircraft is free from flutter within its operational flight envelope. This piece showcases JFlutter, a flutter analysis tool developed within Airbus Defence & Space Flight Test analysis Tools. JFlutter allows the analysis of this phenomenon in real time monitoring and post flight mode.