Gulfstream Aerospace has announced the Gulfstream G500 has completed flutter testing. The first G500 test aircraft, T1, performed the tests over the course of more than 50 flights. “The G500 has ...

The first prototype of the developmental Comac C919 has completed ground tests prior to airborne flutter testing. The work on aircraft B-001A saw 22 parameters tested, focusing on the signal ...

Irkut’s SSJ-New, the successor to the Superjet 100, is undergoing aeroelasticity testing as part of the preparation for the aircraft’s maiden flight. An initial round of flutter tests was carried out ...

Boeing T-7A tail number 7002, the first to be delivered to the USAF, taking off from St Louis Lambert International Airport, Missouri, co-located with Boeing's factory. (Boeing/Eric Shindelbower) The ...

The flutter test rig is used to induce flutter oscillation in aerofoil models in the two degrees of freedom pitch and yaw. To do this, a 2-D airfoil model is suspended elastically from a pitch spring ...

Gulfstream’s G500 has completed flutter testing, the culmination of 50 hr. of testing. Three flight-test aircraft have flown more than 430 hr. in more than 105 flights. The flight-test program began ...