A1.4 - H175 De-icing Flight Test Campaign - Focus on Flight Test Instrumentation
- Event
- ETTC 2024 - European Test and Telemetry Conference
2024-06-11 - 2024-06-13
Nuremberg - Chapter
- Sensor Session I
- Author(s)
- F. Monteil - Airbus Helicopters SAS, Marignane (France)
- Pages
- 18 - 21
- DOI
- 10.5162/ETTC2024/A1.4
- ISBN
- 978-3-910600-02-7
- Price
- free
Abstract
Among flight test campaigns required for certifications, the flights in icing conditions are challenging both for the aircraft system but also from the Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI) perspective. It requires a specific organization, scheduling, resources with expertise and particular means of measurement when it comes to instrument the aircraft for campaigns in icing areas. Such data must be collected in given icing conditions to be considered as valid data from the certification authorities. It might take time to meet such conditions, thus one possibility to increase these statistics is to run parallel campaigns in several locations. The benefits are there, but come at the cost of some points to be particularly aware of to ensure that both field tests run smoothly. The instrumentation required to perform those acquisitions has its own complexity and specificities. The choice of the various parts (icing measurement probes, video system, weather station) shows a major importance to withstand the harsh icing environment.