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A level D flight simulator was temporarily modified to mimic the asymmetries in both the flight performance and engine response for a highly modified Dash 8 hybrid electric demonstrator. The [...]

As a follow on to the white paper “Things Flight Testers Should Know About Batteries”, this paper explores some of the unique challenges of testing aircraft powered by electric powertrains. [...]

AeroTEC is continuing to [...]

Hydrogen powertrains are an area of significant interest in aviation and other industries today. All types of systems ranging from direct combustion to hybrid [...]

Caravan, referred to as the eCaravan. At the time, it was the largest commercial all-electric aircraft to fly, a milestone achievement in the flight testing of electric powered aircraft. The [...]

An integrated approach to test planning provides several advantages as opposed to a nonintegrated approach. What is a non-integrated approach? Consider test campaigns where the test cards are [...]

The implementation of flight test techniques for electrically powered aircraft is still very unknown to the average flight tester. This paper is for the flight testers that are starting to [...]

As Flight Test Engineers, we always operate to a set of requirements. These requirements define our scope, hazard levels, mitigation techniques, etc. with the help of the Flight Test [...]