27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-6.9.2

IEP: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY FLYING TESTBED FOR NEW AIRCRAFT CONCEPTS

P. Schmollgruber, H. W. Jentink*, M. Tuinstra*
ONERA, France; *NLR, Netherlands

Keywords: free-flight test, noise assessment, uav, flexi-bird

Within the European project NACRE, a new test facility under the form of a modular flying platform has been developed. After a feasibility study, this system called Innovative Evaluation Platform has been designed and manufactured. The flight tests to be carried out will enable the flight dynamics and noise investigations.

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