Measure of the “Silent Eco Wing” effects on a helicopter blade dynamic

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Authors:   Eng. Potito Cordisco, Senior Project Manager, VicoterEng. Mauro Terraneo, Chief Technical Officer, Vicoter Nowadays, one of the main limitations to the intensive use of helicopters over inhabited centres is the large amount of noise they emit during operations. Therefore, … Continued

Vibrations in an autogyro: a Vicoter matter

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Authors:   Eng. Potito Cordisco, Senior Project Manager, Vicoter Eng. Mauro Terraneo, Chief Technical Officer, Vicoter Autogyros are very special flying machine. Similar, at first glance, to the helicopters, they share with their more known cousins only the use of rotating … Continued

Certification of Trakka camera for helicopter flight

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To obtain the permit to flight, new equipments installed on a helicopter need to be evaluated even against vibratory behaviour.Engineers of Vicoter (www.vicoter.it) were called from the DOA Boggi Aeronautics (www.boggiaeronautics.eu) to perform the experimental tests needed to demonstrate the … Continued

Characterization of the dynamic behaviour of the Aries hexacopter

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Authors:    Eng. Potito Cordisco, Senior Project Manager, VicoterEng. Mauro Terraneo, Chief Technical Officer, Vicoter Drones are liable to high vibratory levels generated by the rotors and eventually amplified by the resonances of the structure. Slenderness of the arms supporting … Continued

Modal analysis of a 20 meters long wind turbine blade

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Vicoter (www.vicoter.it) is a consulting company that has been operating in the field of mechanical structures and measurements for more than ten years, mainly in the dynamics sector. Its main activities concern the experimental survey of vibrations and noise, the … Continued

Design of a solar tracker for wind loads

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The increasing demand of green energy brought to a request to improve the efficiency of solar panels and of their capability to generate electricity. Among the various solutions studied and developed, the most diffused one is, for sure, the solar … Continued

On-ground and in-flight vibratory tests of an AS350 helicopter rear-view mirror

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Vicoter (www.vicoter.it) is an Italian company that for more than ten years has been operating in various sectors (aerospace, automotive, energy) for both static and dynamic measurement of mechanical structures. Company’s main expertise concerns the execution of modal analyses and … Continued

Flutter certification analysis of the Alpi Aviation P300 aircraft

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Vicoter completed the GVT (Ground Vibration Test) and flutter calculations of the Pioneer P300 produced by Alpi Aviation (www.alpiaviation.com). The activity, carried out in order to obtain the DULV certification of the aircraft, was carried out in two successive phases: … Continued

Modal analysis of HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) components

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The purpose of the test was to check the dynamic behaviour of a HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) system to be installed on an AgustaWestland AW169. In particular, the modal frequencies of the MMC (Modular Medical Cabinet) was anayzed. The … Continued

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