Air Loads Calibration

Air loads calibration is done prior to flight testing. By applying known load conditions with actuators to a fully instrumented aircraft, test teams can calibrate strain gages, resolve responses to known conditions and map predictions against actual output. All of this improves the accuracy of flight test data. For military training aircraft that are permanently instrumented, air loads calibration may be performed regularly to optimize data accuracy.

As an industry leader in aerospace testing, MTS delivers a unique blend of experience, expertise and high-quality testing technology. Rely on MTS to provide everything required to perform air loads calibration quickly and accurately. Specific offerings include:

• High-performance, fatigue-rated actuators
• State-of-the-art software that seamlessly integrates control and data
   acquisition channels and is optimized for large channel counts and large
   amounts of data
• Cross-coupling compensation to account for complex interactions of the airframe
   and maintain accurate loading
• Versatile digital controllers for high-speed, real-time closed loop control, data 
   acquisition, function generation and transducer conditioning• Clean, quiet 
   hydraulic power units