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Parachute engineering for technical evaluation: performance assessment and evidence to support qualification decisions.
Capabilities / Testing & qualificationMEASURE. MODEL.
MEASURE. MODEL.
BUILD EVIDENCE.
Physical testing and numerical qualification support for flexible wings, parachutes and recovery systems.
Simulation & testing dialogueUNDERSTAND PERFORMANCE.
UNDERSTAND PERFORMANCE.
BUILD THE EVIDENCE.
Support evaluation and qualification with measurements, numerical analysis and engineering interpretation.
Commission a physical test campaign, an instrumented experiment, a numerical performance assessment or a combined model–test study. We define the operating conditions, outputs and evidence needed for your decision.
For defence and aerospace recovery systems, that evidence also supplies performance inputs for trajectory analysis, guidance-system development and simulation environments.
PHYSICAL TESTING & EXPERIMENTSTEST THE WING.
TEST THE WING.
MEASURE THE SYSTEM.
Flight experience, appropriate test pilots
and instrumentation around one question.
Pilots who understand the engineering.
Our team’s flight experience and specialist test-pilot contacts help connect observed behaviour with the mechanics. We coordinate the people and test approach appropriate to the product and campaign.
Experiments that explain the behaviour.
We prepare measurement campaigns to characterise geometry, loading and performance. Sensor selection, integration, calibration checks, synchronisation and data analysis are part of the engineering work.
Measure the shape.
Compare the architectures.
Flight-measured point clouds from four different wings, shown together to compare their flying geometries.
- High EN-B cross-country wing
- Beginner EN-A wing
- Single-skin ultra-light wing
- Ultra-light compact wing
Each colour identifies a different wing, rather than a deformation state of the same canopy. LiDAR figure supplied by FAIR AERO.
LiDAR & shape measurement
Reconstruct the flying geometry and examine deformation against the numerical model.
GNSS/RTK, inertial sensors & optical tracking
Relate position and motion to the flight state and the observed response of the system.
Load cells
Measure forces in selected load paths and compare them with structural predictions.
Five-hole probes
Characterise local airflow speed and direction to support aerodynamic and performance analysis.
Typical outputs: a campaign plan, documented sensor configuration, synchronised datasets, performance analysis and model–test comparisons with the relevant uncertainties.
See the PHYSPAR flight-measurement story ↗