Drawing upon decades of combined flight testing experience, there is no challenge that our team cannot overcome.
Whether you want to certify under current FARs or pursue complex modification of a military aircraft, we can take you from early planning and procurement, to test plan approval, and finally, through flight testing and data analysis.
FLIGHT TEST ENGINEERING & INSTRUMENTATION
The development and modification of aircraft often necessitates extensive flight testing and analysis. This can require data acquisition systems as small as a suitcase, or as large as a compact automobile. Whether it’s just ARINC busses, or a 1500 strain gauge load survey… We can get you there.
Meeting today's faa/FAR requirements means a large focus on AIRSPEED. AIR Data nose Booms such as this, provide pitot, static, and OAT (Outside Air Temp) TRUTH sources, that are Beyond the rotor's wash.
Structural, functional, operational, and performance surveys are one of United Test’s cornerstone capabilities. Extensive experience with end-to-end Flight Test Instrumentation and flight testing of modern fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, allows us to provide solutions and support to effectively execute a test program.
Cold weather and icing certification testing is not trivial. Using water misting rakes such as these, allows for compression of calendar time, and a controlled test environment.
Efficiencies gained from our vast experience can guide the test approach, test planning, and data system integration and analysis. In short, we remove all the “guess work” so your team can get through FAA certification, the DoD’s stringent requirements, or even NAVAIR’s detailed reporting needs. You name it, we’ve done it… and done it well.
Look to us for help in solving tough problems involving:
Qualification and certification (FAA, EASA, CAA, DoD, MIL)
Aircraft structural loads, both in flight and on the ground
Flight performance and handling qualities evaluation and analysis
Avionics and aircraft systems interaction
Model validation and simulations
Flight Controls Functional Evaluation
Asynchronous measurement requirements
Structural loads data and analysis (stress, vibration, fatigue)
Experimental Modal Analysis
Test Facilites Design and Fabrication
High-Speed Video
Flight Data Telemetry and/or on-board real-time monitoring
EXPERIENCE THAT COUNTS
Ordinance firing can present many structural challenges. Measuring blast pressures on aircraft skins may be required, to avoid early fatigue-induced failures of airframe and other components
United Test personnel have supported numerous flight test programs, for both commercial and military applications, including:
Helicopter Anti-Ice/De-Ice systems
Helicopter Ground Resonance
Helicopter Engine upgrades
Engine Inlet Barrier Filters (IBF)
Gun ship retrofits and blast testing
LAB & GROUND TESTING
Sideslip and angle of attack are additional boom options that can be used to evaluate performance and stability.
United Test can perform environmental simulation tests tailored to customer requirements and produce independent reports that are NIST and ISO9001 traceable and compliant. Our many years of experience in environmental simulation make us the perfect choice to support your research and development team. We can offer independent quality testing services, which will enable you to draw reliable conclusions on the service life, functionality and reliability of your products.
Some of our quality services, include:
Fixed powertrain test beds, or PSTBs (Power Systems Test Bed)
Vibration “shake” test
Shock testing
Pyroshock (shock response spectrum – SRS)
Centrifuge testing
Drop tests
- Climatic chambers
