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Test and Evaluation I
Technical Session C: Wed. May 6, 2026
Automatic Category A Takeoff, Reloaded - Development and Flight Testing of the Clear Area Takeoff Procedure on the H145
Daniel Reber,
Sebastian Schmid,
Markus Müller
Development and Calibration of the AERTS II Rotor Icing Test Stand
Luke Spangler,
Jan Mahlert,
Jose Palacios
Development Flight Test Campaign for Automatic Flight Control System Upper Modes
Kaan Ege Tırman,
Derya Çetin,
Oğuzhan Gültekin,
Umut Türe,
Ilgaz Doğa Okcu
Flight Test Evaluation of Center of Gravity Effects on a Coaxial Ultralight Helicopter
Maximilian Mindt,
Piotr Gradkowski,
Dominik Mahlstedt,
Jonas Matthia
Structural Compatibility and Fatigue Life of Integrated Optical Fiber Sensors for Helicopter Rotor Blades
Simone Weber,
Ayoub Hamour,
Julien Thivend,
Benedikt Köhr,
Martin Ortner,
Yuri Santos,
Wolfgang Wagner
Supercritical Behavior Parameter Analysis of Single-piece Composite Drive Shaft for Tail Drive Line Application
Sébastien Barlet-Bas,
François Malburet,
Cédric Lopez,
Bruno Pierrel
Technical Insight into Experimental Payload Design, Fabrication, Integration, and Clearance Methodology Applied in Vertical Lift Flight Test Research
Marc Alexander,
Terry Long,
Camile Lebrun,
James Day,
Harley Melnik,
Jeffrey Thomas
The Effect of Aerodynamic Pressure on the Natural Frequencies of Helicopter Windshield
Recep Alptekin Şahin,
Mustafa Sami Kavsaoğlu,
Mustafa Tarık Dilsiz,
Batuhan Pehlivan,
Evren Eyüp Taşkınoğlu
Test and Evaluation II
Technical Session D: Thurs. May 7, 2026
A Compound Helicopter Rotor-Propeller Phase-Locked System Without a Mechanical Gearbox
Howard Zheng,
Vivek Uppoor,
Inderjit Chopra
A Cross-Facility Comparison of a Method to Evaluate the Wind-Speed Limits of Drones in Complex Airflow
Sean McTavish,
Philip McCarthy,
Hali Barber,
Alanna Wall
Development and Testing of a Subscale eVTOL Flight Vehicle for Stability, Control and Disturbance Response Characteristics
Jeffrey D. Keller,
Robert M. McKillip, Jr.,
Joseph Horn,
Soohyeon Lee
Effects of Partial Boundaries and Variable Wind Conditions on a Free-Flying Multirotor Platform
Sage Herz,
Julia Taylor,
Lauren Clar,
Matthew McCrink
Flight Test Validation of a Trajectory Control System for Simplified Vehicle Operations on a Tiltwing VTOL Aircraft
Anthony Comer,
Imon Chakraborty,
Bikash Kunwar,
Peter Schmidt
Forward Flight Dynamic Inflow Model Identification from Experimental Wake Measurements
Daniel Yu,
Jayant Sirohi
Performance Analysis and Data Processing for the High Solidity Test Campaign in the Jet Propulsion Lab 25-ft Space Simulator (Presentation Only)
Natasha Schatzman,
Belen Bowman,
Jaakko Karras,
Michael Fillman,
Vinod Gehlot,
Fernanco Mier-Hicks,
Havard Fjaer Grip,
Gianmarco Sahragard-Monfared,
Wayne Johnson,
Sara Langberg,
Paige Lottman
Rotor--Rotor Aerodynamic Interactions --- Moment Effects on Efficiency in Forward Flight
Vladimir Nunez Garcia,
Abraham Atte,
Juergen Rauleder