04.2 - Aerostructures Design, Structural Dynamics, Aeroelasticity

A FULL-SCALE DEMONSTRATOR FOR RAPID TESTING OF HELICOPTER AIRFRAMES USING ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEM METHODOLOGIES

G. Swanton¹, A. Manning¹, B. Evans¹, M. Chipper, RMIT University, Australia; ¹Defence Science and Technology Group, Australia

DSTG has conducted a multi-year program to deliver a full-scale concept demonstrator for rapid testing of helicopter airframes. In order to apply a sufficient number of representative loads within a viable test schedule, a novel model-in-the-loop capability was implemented into the control system architecture to predict and optimise test performance.

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DOI: 10.71945/icas2026_0157