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Forum 81
Virginia Beach, Virginia
May 20-22, 2025

Joint Session Part 2: Aerodynamics IV/Test & Evaluation III

Technical Session E: Thurs. May 22, 2025

Aerodynamic & Acoustic 1/3rd Scaled Fenestron®
Laurent Jauffret

Design and Development of Sikorsky's Rotor Blown Wing Demonstrator
Marc Regan, Vera Klimchenko, Cal Sargent, Brian Wallace, Antonio Rivera, Jordan Kaye, Jason Satira, Dustin Coleman, Patrick Bowles

Wake Measurements of a Hovering Rotor with Dynamic Cyclic Pitch Inputs
Daniel Yu, Jayant Sirohi


Test & Evaluation I

Technical Session A: Tues. May 20, 2025

Big Data: It's Not Just About the Raw Data
Nicolas Brisset

BOS and HWA Measurements on Rotor Tip Vortices in a High Pressure Wind Tunnel
Hauke T. Bartzsch, C. Christian Wolf, Erica Galli, Markus Raffel, Marc Braune, Markus Löhr

Full Scale Stop-fold Transition Demonstration on a High-Speed Test Track
Troy Schank, Hong Xin, Albert Brand

Inertial Dynamics of a Propeller Driven Rotor: Vacuum Chamber Experiment and Validations with Predictions
Robert Brown, Inderjit Chopra

Inflight Measurements of the Empennage of an Ultralight Coaxial Helicopter
Lukas Rottmann, Rafael Paintner, Daniel Müller, Julian Hunold


Test & Evaluation II

Technical Session B: Wed. May 21, 2025

Airbus RACER High Speed Demonstrator Flight Tests
Paul Eglin, Martin Embacher, Damien Desvigne, Enric Roca-Leon

An Experimental Parametric Study on the Whirl-Flutter Stability of Tiltrotors
Robert Thornburgh, Andrew Kreshock, Hao Kang, Martin Sekula, Thomas Ivanco, Garrett McHugh

Downwash and Outwash of Counter-rotating Coaxial Rotors Hovering in-ground Effect
Aditya Suvithiraj Rajendiran Vijayaraj, Zachary Moore, Vrishank Raghav

Dragonfly Preparation for Powered Flight Wind Tunnel and CFD Modeling
Peter Lorber, Brian Wallace, Kalki Sharma, Patrick Bowles, Karl Edquist, Brian McGrath, William Kellermeyer, Paul Giles

Effects of Near-Boundary Flight on Quadrotor Performance and Inflow
Sage Herz, Matthew McCrink

Low Ice Adhesion Strength Coated Rotor Blades and the Effects of Surface Temperature on Ice Shedding
Jack Tyndall, Jose Palacios

Methods for Laboratory Replication of Rotary-wing Air Ambulance Vibration Conditions for Neonatal Patient Transport Applications
Keely Gibb, Eric Chen, Navin Francis, Andrew Law, Eleanor Gerson, Kim Greenwood, Andrew A. M. Ibey, Jean Ngoie, Stephanie Redpath, Adrian D. C. Chan, James R. Green, Robert G. Langlois