Yesterday the National Transportation Safety Board released a synopsis, subject to further review and editing, of its findings on the September 2011 crash of a ...
Irkut’s SSJ-New, the successor to the Superjet 100, is undergoing aeroelasticity testing as part of the preparation for the aircraft’s maiden flight. An initial round of flutter tests was carried out ...
Youre descending at a relatively high speed in calm air and, since there was no forecast for and little chance of turbulence, you let the airspeed climb into the yellow arc. Then you hear a buzzing ...
A dramatic RC aircraft test demonstrating how aerodynamic flutter can affect flight stability and structural integrity. #Aviation #RCPlane #AircraftEngineering 'I heard you missed me': Melania Trump ...
The Grob G180A business jet prototype that crashed fatally during a demonstration flight in 2006 went out of control when aerodynamic flutter developed in the aircraft's horizontal stabiliser, ...
The NTSB has requested the FAA to ground the Zodiac 601XL aircraft, citing six fatal in-flight breakups and ten fatalities since 2006. The NTSB concluded that the 601XL's design is susceptible to ...
A team of international researchers has succeeded in overcoming one of the greatest challenges in aviation. They have actively suppressed the dreaded phenomenon of flutter with a sophisticated control ...