Authors: Eng. Potito Cordisco, Senior Project Manager, VicoterEng. Mauro Terraneo, Chief Technical Officer, Vicoter After the studies of the B8 and B23 Energic, Bristell (www.bristell.com) confirmed its trust in Vicoter (www.vicoter.it) assigning them the execution of the GVT (Ground Vibration … 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
