How Fiber-Bragg Sensors Could Change the FTI Game
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How Fiber-Bragg Sensors Could Change the FTI Game

Flight test campaigns are essential for verifying and validating aircraft performance, safety, and reliability under real-world conditions.

From Calculator Tech to Space COTS Used on Artemis II
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From Calculator Tech to Space COTS Used on Artemis II

The historic Artemis II flight’s successful mission marks the first time in over fifty years that we have travelled to the moon, and the furthest humans have ever been from Earth.

Mastering Power Estimation and Thermal Dissipation in Flight Test Instrumentation
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Mastering Power Estimation and Thermal Dissipation in Flight Test Instrumentation

Designing the critical flight test instrumentation (FTI) systems that validate aircraft performance requires more than selecting the right sensors and data-processing hardware; it demands a rigorous approach to power management and thermal regulation.

Understanding Aircraft Stress with Strain Gauges
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Understanding Aircraft Stress with Strain Gauges

In flight testing, understanding the stress and deformation experienced by the aircraft's fuselage, wings, and other components is vital to comprehending the aircraft's structural limits during a maneuver.

Popular Avionics Buses in Today's Aircraft Fleets
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Popular Avionics Buses in Today's Aircraft Fleets

Long before the widespread introduction of digital systems into aircraft in the 1970s, a dedicated wire or pipe connected everything in the cockpit.

Visualization Effects from Sampled Data in FTI
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Visualization Effects from Sampled Data in FTI

In signal processing, sampling is the reduction of a continuous signal to a discrete signal. The sampling process itself can introduce visual effects that, if not understood, can mislead our analysis. The following explores some of these effects, as well as other visualization phenomena.

Key Specifications for Analog Data Acquisition Modules
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Key Specifications for Analog Data Acquisition Modules

Analog data acquisition modules often form the backbone of a data acquisition system used on an aircraft during flight testing.