The U.S. Air Force unveiled the X-56A, an experimental unmanned aircraft designed to research methods for protecting against "flutter." Flutter is a dangerous aerodynamic effect causing wing ...

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 ...

Progress in exploring future aircraft Flutter analysis possible in real time Focus: Aviation, digitalisation The aircraft manufacturer Embraer, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- ...

Winglet manufacturer Aviation Partners has completed a test flight with a Hawker 800 featuring a new winglet installation that was tweaked to prevent aeroelastic flutter. The original Aviation ...

Last month I made a reference to weight being The Enemy of aircraft, and for the most part that is true. I also mentioned the potential for a forward cg condition if, for instance, a heavier engine or ...

G500 accrues more than 40 hour hours as the modified aircraft returned to sky to test flutter. Gulfstream’s G500 prototype resumed flight tests after being modified with a spin recovery parachute and ...

The new Gulfstream family is on track for G500 certification in 2017, followed by the G600 in 2019. Gulfstream's G500 T1 flew more than 50 flights for the flutter testing campaign.

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 ...