Authors: Eng. Potito Cordisco, Senior Project Manager, Vicoter Eng. Mauro Terraneo, Chief Technical Officer, Vicoter General aviation regulations for helicopters requires the applicant to verify the critical parts of his helicopter under fatigue tests, besides the static ones. This implies … Continued
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
Compliance with the paragraph ‘CS 27/29.251 – Vibrations requirements’ has the objective of preventing the risk of excessive vibration and to mitigate the risk of damaging primary structures and systems. Conformity must be addressed at Rotorcraft level and at Assembly/Part … Continued
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
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
A new flight test campaign is just ended in Foggia. During the test, Vicoter acquired the in-flight vibrations of a new camera system to be installed on AW139 helicopter produced by Leonardo Helicopters. The test was commisioned by Boggi s.r.l … Continued
Vicoter just successfully concluded a test campaign to certify a new mirror installed on the AS350 helicopter owned by HGGM in Courmayeur. The tests aimed to identify the resonance frequencies of the mirror and its support system, in order to … Continued
The purpose of the test was to check the dynamic behaviour of a system consisting of a support and an aerial surveillance camera installed on an EC135 skid. The test, mandatory in order to certify the system according to EASA … Continued
