Mustang Advanced Engineering continues to expand its testing capabilities in the area of eVTOL (Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing) testing. This effort helps in the development of Rotor Blade Test Stands, with static or active dynamic rotation as well as R&D Laboratory Electrified Powertrain Testing of singular components or full powertrain.
- Battery & Battery Management System
- Motor Control Unit
- Motor
- Gearbox
- Rotor Brake
- DC to DC Converter
- Sprague Clutch
- Couplings
- Liquid Cooling systems
- 6-dof inflight rotor blade Lift & Load simulation
R&D Durability Test Stands
MAE has the capabilities of creating R&D Durability Test Stands with or without thermos-climatic chambers: Complete powertrain with inflight simulation using lift and multi-axis loading system of the electric powertrain; Complete fuselage testing with inflight simulation on powertrain loading points using actively controlled actuators; Component or combined component Testing:
- Battery
- MCU
- Motor
- Gearbox
- Sprague clutch
- Rotor brake
- Wire harness
- Cooling System and components
R&D Laboratory Flight Control Testing
- Multi-Quadrant Motoring/Loading System simulating real world and extreme conditions
- Scaled Down Multi-Quadrant Motoring/Loading System simulating real world and extreme conditions
- Multi directional wind tunnel to test actual or scaled down aircraft
Production EOL Testing
- Motors
- MCU
- Batteries
- Battery Management Systems
- Rotor Brake
- Gearbox
- DC to DC Converters
- Electrical Harnesses
Wind Tunnel Data Acquisition and Control Systems
High Speed Data Acquisition system with integrated:
- Electric Power Analyzer
- Vibration with FFT, node analysis
- Microphone with spectral analysis
- High Speed Camera integration
- Strain and torque monitoring
- Shaft position monitoring