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How can you help me design and
implement a flight test program for my airplane?
With over 35 years of flight test
experience on over 130 different new, modified, and special
missions aircraft types, we have an extremely knowledgeable
in-house staff of expert certification flight test
professionals. We can provide a complete certification
flight test package for programs of any complexity, ranging from
identification of the certification basis and preparation of
compliance programs to writing certification flight test plans,
carrying out ground and in-flight performance, flight
characteristics, systems performance, and acoustics flight
testing, engineering data analysis, making recommendations for
product improvement, preparing engineering reports to document
test results, and AFM supplement publishing.
What are your data analysis
capabilities?
Performance: We are capable of
performing any FAR 23 or FAR 25 aircraft performance analysis,
including determining: air data calibrations, stall performance,
climb performance, glide performance, takeoff/approach/landing
reference speeds, takeoff/landing/accelerate-stop/braking
performance, obstacle clearance and net takeoff flight path, and
determination of installed thrust and power.
Flight Characteristics: We can
complete the qualitative and quantitative analysis of any FAR 23
or FAR 25 flight characteristics, handling qualities, or static
and dynamic stability and control requirement.
Systems: In addition to all of
the pilot operational evaluation items, we can assist with
developing airplane operating procedures, determine unusable
fuel supply, plan and implement hot fuel testing, carry out and
document engine water ingestion testing, complete powerplant
cooling testing including correction of measured temperatures to
standard "hot day" conditions, perform autopilot/flight director
tracking performance testing and data analysis, determine
autopilot/autothrottle minimum engage and disengage heights, and
correct FAR 36 Appendix G noise data to standard day conditions
-- plus much more.
What are the qualifications
of your flight test engineers and test pilots?
All of our personnel are
graduate engineers from accredited universities. Our
engineering test pilots are all military test pilot school
graduates with significant military and civil flight test and
certification experience. We are all intimately familiar
with the civil CAR 3, CAR 4, FAR 23, and FAR 25 certification
requirements and airworthiness approval process. We have
delegated DAR flight analysts and test pilots in-house.
How can I reduce my flight
test related costs?
We are very flexible and have a
solution to meet almost any budget. We can work together
with you to identify the flight test requirements for your
specific program and minimize testing by only carrying out
essential testing in a well organized and efficient manner.
We can support large portions of the planning and data analysis
phases of the flight testing off site to minimize travel-related
expenses. We can maximize hand recording of data from
calibrated ship's instruments where possible to minimize the
amount of instrumentation required - while still ensuring that
your flight test program proceeds in a logical and organized
order, is completed safely and in a timely manner, and meets all
of your objectives and schedule milestones.
What types of aircraft
modifications do you support?
We have been directly involved
with airworthiness approvals on a wide range of STC
modifications, including: gross weight increases, performance
enhancement programs, STOL kit installations, addition of floats
or amphibious floats, fuselage stretches, fire fighting aircraft
(air tankers), external modifications (including installation of
radomes, FLIRs, external cameras, and antennas), autopilot
development and certification, incorporation of head-up
displays, and many miscellaneous systems modifications.
Do you support rotary wing
(helicopter) flight testing?
Sorry, we are specialized in
fixed wing aircraft flight testing and certification.
Do you support RVSM
certifications?
Yes. We are capable of
performing precision air data calibrations and demonstrating
RVSM compliance for any airplane type. We do not support
fleet RVSM qualification at this time.
How can I contact you to get
more information about the products and services that you
provide - or to get a quote for flight test services?
This page contains all of
the ways that we can be contacted. We are in the office
from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm (sometimes longer) Monday thru
Friday. A real person who is friendly and helpful is on
the other end of the phone - ready to answer any questions that
you might have. If we're out of the office, feel free to
leave a voice message and we'll get back to you as soon as
possible (usually within one business day).
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