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Speaker: Bernd Dippold, Business Development, Flight Testing Expert

What to expect?

Helicopter development embraces transformative concepts like compact unmanned Vertical Take-Offs (VTOLs) and electric propulsion, redefining flight for efficient transportation, especially in critical areas like medical supply delivery. Electric propulsion marks a greener era in urban mobility and aerial transportation.

Engineers face challenges testing these systems, including assessing rotor factors like elongation, vibrations, balancing, and angle of attack. Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) systems add complexity with lightweight structures and swivel-mounted propellers.

Comprehensive testing, utilising sensors like strain gauges and thermocouples, is crucial for helicopter system reliability and performance. Understanding the angle of attack is critical for lift, stability, and control, with modern techniques addressing signal transmission challenges through digitalisation and wireless telemetry systems.

What you can learn from this webinar:

• Learn about the challenges engineers face in rotor testing of helicopters and other vertical take-off aircraft.

• Learn about the importance of comprehensive test methods, various sensor systems’ critical role in measuring lift, stability, and control, and the opportunities offered by modern techniques such as digitalization and wireless telemetry systems.

• Discover transformative concepts shaping helicopter development, such as compact vertical take-off and landing (VTOLs) and electric propulsion.

• Understand how these innovations redefine flight for efficient transportation, especially in critical areas such as medical care.