(Kistler: Novi, MI) -- Kistler, a global supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque, and acceleration, has announced the availability of its piezoelectric and variable capacitive sensing technologies for flight test requirements, including in-flight structural analysis, flight-test simulator qualification testing, aircraft bay and equipment monitoring, weapons and stores testing, landing gear evaluation and simulated drop testing, and aircraft flutter testing.

For flight test simulator testing, Kistler K-Beam MEMS variable capacitance accelerometers are mounted under the pilot seat to determine a simulator’s vibration power spectrum density, with the goal of precisely matching the actual vibration characteristics of the aircraft to be simulated. After simulator commissioning, the same transducers are used to provide real-time data on the actual g-levels experienced by the pilot. If accelerometer data indicates that training limits are exceeded, the system shuts down automatically, providing an added safeguard.

 …