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.
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Dynamic Fighter Aircraft Robust Power Management Flight Testing
Sun, 2018-07-01 23:22 — ecadmin
B.J.G. Eussen, National Aerospace Laboratory, NLR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
M.A. Hordijk, National Aerospace Laboratory, NLR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J. van Muijden, National Aerospace Laboratory, NLR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Abstract
The Dynamic Fighter Aircraft Robust Power Management Programme is aiming at the development of a validated generic heat and power management simulation system. Within the FARPM program the simulation results have to be verified and validated by means of ground- and flight test. In line with the comprehensive cooperation between the RNLAF, AFRL and NLR the F-16BM J-066 “Orange Jumper” flight test aircraft has been selected as testbed for the in-flight verification and validation of the simulation results.
With the electrical generator as focal point, the existing instrumentation suite in the J-066 is extended. To ensure the data integrity of the selected instrumentation extension ground tests are performed on a test stand at the AFRL facility, Dayton Ohio. The selected data acquisition suite is integrated in the J-066 “Orange Jumper” flight test aircraft. For this first stage of the program a total of four test flights are performed.
The data obtained from the flight tests will be used as input for the FARPM research program.
Date:
Wed, 2018-05-30