Flight test equipment installation system and method

A technology for flight testing and installation systems, which is applied to aircraft component testing, mechanical equipment, equipment for loading and unloading cargo, etc., and can solve time-consuming and complicated problems

Active Publication Date: 2016-02-10
THE BOEING CO
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Unfortunately, the above conventional method of installing and removing flight test equipment from an aircraft is a complex and time consuming operation

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[0032] Referring now to the drawings, in which are shown for purposes of illustration various embodiments of the present disclosure, figure 1 Shown in is a side view of aircraft 100 . The aircraft may include a fuselage 102 supported on landing gear 106 . Fuselage 102 may have nose 108 at a forward end and empennage 110 at aft end 124 . The longitudinal axis 104 may extend between a nose 108 and an empennage 110 . Aircraft 100 may be loaded with a plurality of pallet assemblies 202 , which may be secured to cargo floor 116 on main deck 112 and / or cargo deck 114 of aircraft 100 . The cargo deck 114 may be divided into a forward cargo compartment 126 and an aft cargo compartment 128 . The pallet assemblies 202 may each contain one or more units of flight test equipment 402 that collectively make up the flight test equipment assembly 400 .

[0033] Each unit of flight test equipment 402 may be fixedly mounted to pallet assembly 202 . Pallet assembly 202 may be loaded into ai...

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The application discloses a flight test equipment installation system and method. A pallet system (200) for a vehicle includes a cargo pallet (206) capable of including an orthotropic shape. A pallet adapter (250) is mounted on the cargo pallet (206). The pallet adapter (250) is sized and shaped complementary to the cargo pallet (206) and attached to an upper side of the cargo pallet (206). The pallet adapter (250) includes a panel assembly (252) having frame members (260) covered by one or more top skin panels (270) and / or bottom skin panels (272). The pallet system also includes one or more flight test equipment (402) units mounted to the panel assembly (252).

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates generally to vehicle testing and, more particularly, to systems and methods for installing flight test equipment within an aircraft. Background technique [0002] Flight testing of an aircraft involves the use of a relatively large number of units of flight test equipment in order to test the operation of the various systems and components of the aircraft during flight. For example, flight testing of a transport aircraft may require installation of multiple ballast tanks at various locations along the length of the aircraft fuselage. Ballast tanks may contain a liquid, such as water, that may be pumped through conduits connecting the ballast tanks to shift the center of gravity (CG) of the aircraft forward or aft during flight to assess the effect of CG shifts on aircraft performance . Flight test equipment may also contain a large number of electronic components, such as data acquisition devices, data processors, and o...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): F16M3/00
CPCB64D9/00B64F5/60B64C1/20B64D9/003B64D11/0696
Inventor L·布朗
Owner THE BOEING CO
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