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Iron Bird Testing

Iron Bird testing is a crucial step in the development of eVTOL aircraft, ensuring that all critical systems—such as flight controls, propulsion, hydraulics, and electrical systems—are fully integrated and perform flawlessly before taking to the skies. Dewesoft offers advanced solutions for conducting comprehensive Iron Bird tests, delivering precise, synchronized data across multiple systems for a complete analysis of eVTOL performance.

Key benefits of Dewesoft’s Iron Bird testing solutions include:

• System Integration Testing: Seamlessly test and validate the interaction between mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems, ensuring optimal performance under real-world flight conditions.
• Flight Control and Propulsion System Validation: Simulate and evaluate the behavior of flight control and propulsion systems, allowing you to identify and address any potential issues early in the development process.
• Real-Time Data Synchronization: Dewesoft’s advanced measurement systems provide synchronized data acquisition across multiple parameters, enabling you to correlate data from flight control, electrical, and hydraulic systems for a comprehensive view.
• Safety and Reliability Assurance: Detect and resolve system weaknesses on the ground, ensuring maximum safety and reliability before actual flight testing, reducing the risk of costly delays and adjustments.

With Dewesoft’s high-precision measurement tools and fully integrated testing solutions, you can confidently perform Iron Bird tests to validate your eVTOL’s systems, ensuring a smoother transition to real-world flight testing and certification.

Electrical propulsion testing

Dewesoft’s versatile and flexible power analyzers are specifically designed to address the complex testing needs of eVTOL electrical propulsion and system development. Our advanced tools provide accurate data and insights to help you optimize performance, efficiency, and safety. Whether you’re working on electric motors, inverters, batteries or electrical systems, Dewesoft offers comprehensive testing capabilities for every aspect of eVTOL power systems.

Key applications include:

• Electric Motor and Inverter Testing: Measure electrical performance, analyze power output, and monitor operational efficiency to ensure optimal functionality of motors and inverters.
• Efficiency and Loss Mapping: Conduct detailed efficiency mapping and loss analysis to identify areas for improvement and maximize the overall energy efficiency of the propulsion system.
• Battery Performance Testing: Evaluate battery health and performance under various conditions, ensuring reliable and long-lasting energy storage for eVTOL applications.
• Power Consumption Monitoring: Track real-time power usage to assess energy demands and optimize power consumption for more efficient flight operations.
• Charging and Discharging Testing: Perform in-depth analysis of charging cycles, discharging performance, and energy recovery, ensuring safe and efficient energy management throughout the battery lifecycle.
• Electrical systems testing (AC & DC): Calculates the voltage and current characteristics for AC and DC supply systems according to MIL-STD-704F, GJB181x-xxxx, GJB 5558-2006, ISO 12384:2010, ISO 1540:2006 standards.

With Dewesoft’s cutting-edge power analyzer solutions, you can ensure that every component of your eVTOL’s electrical system is finely tuned for peak performance and safety. Learn more in-details about our Electrical power solutions:

NVH testing

Dewesoft’s NVH testing solutions provide the precision and reliability needed to address the unique challenges of eVTOL noise, vibration, and harshness performance. Ensuring a smooth, quiet, and comfortable flight experience is crucial for both passenger safety and vehicle longevity. Our comprehensive NVH testing tools enable detailed analysis across a range of critical areas in eVTOL development.

Key applications include:

• Noise Testing: Measure and analyze interior and exterior noise levels to minimize sound pollution and enhance passenger comfort during takeoff, flight, and landing.
• Vibration Analysis: Perform detailed vibration testing on the airframe, motors, and other components to identify sources of unwanted vibrations, improve structural integrity, and reduce wear and tear on critical systems.
• Harshness Testing: Evaluate the harshness of mechanical and acoustic vibrations to improve ride quality, minimize fatigue for both passengers and components, and optimize overall comfort.
• Acoustic compliance testing: Acoustic compliance testing on eVTOLs ensures that noise levels meet regulatory standards, minimizing sound pollution and enhancing passenger and community comfort during operation.

Moreover, Dewesoft’s versatile measurement system fully synchronizes NVH and electrical measurements, making it easy to correlate both types of data for a comprehensive analysis.

Structural Testing

Dewesoft’s solutions are designed to meet the rigorous demands of eVTOL aircraft development. Ensuring the structural integrity and durability of the aircraft is critical for safety and performance. Our advanced testing tools provide precise data to validate the strength, flexibility, and long-term reliability of both the entire eVTOL and its individual components

Key applications include:

• Modal Testing and Analysis: Conduct detailed modal analysis to identify the natural frequencies, vibration modes, and structural behavior of the airframe, ensuring optimal design and performance.
• Fatigue Testing: Perform fatigue testing to assess how repeated stress and strain affect the long-term durability of structural components, ensuring they meet lifecycle expectations without failure.
• Static Load Testing: Measure how the eVTOL structure responds to various load conditions, verifying its ability to withstand extreme forces during takeoff, landing, and flight.
• Component-Level Testing: Test individual components such as wings, rotors, and landing gear to validate their strength, stiffness, and durability under operational conditions.
• Deformation and Strain Analysis: Use precise deformation and strain measurements to assess how the structure reacts to loads, identifying potential weak points and ensuring the airframe’s structural integrity.

With our high-precision measurement instruments, we can accommodate virtually any DAQ system setup, from just a few measurement points to hundreds or even thousands. Our award-winning software not only makes it incredibly easy and fast to set up all your sensors, but also offers advanced math capabilities and exceptional ease of use.

Environmental testing

Dewesoft’s environmental testing solutions are designed to ensure that eVTOLs perform reliably in a wide range of challenging conditions. Testing under extreme environmental scenarios is crucial for verifying the durability, safety, and operational efficiency of eVTOL systems. Our data recording tools enable precise testing for a variety of environmental factors, helping you ensure your aircraft meets the highest standards.

Key applications include:

• Hot/Cold Temperature Testing: Validate the performance of eVTOL systems under extreme heat and cold conditions, ensuring that critical components function correctly in a wide range of operational environments.
• Thermal Runaway Testing: Test and monitor battery systems for thermal runaway events, ensuring the safety and stability of energy storage systems even in extreme conditions.
• Humidity and Corrosion Resistance Testing: Evaluate how eVTOL components withstand high humidity, moisture, and corrosive environments to ensure long-term reliability.
• Vibration and Shock Testing in Environmental Conditions: Conduct vibration and shock testing in combination with temperature extremes to assess the combined effects of environmental stresses on eVTOL structural integrity and component durability.

Dewesoft provides robust instrumentation that can flawlessly capture data in any environment, including extreme temperatures, making it easy to conduct tests in harsh and challenging conditions.​⬤

Wind tunnel testing

Dewesoft offers high-performance instrumentation for wind tunnel testing, enabling precise data acquisition to optimize the aerodynamic performance of eVTOL components. Our solutions make it easy to test blades, fuselage, and rotor systems under controlled airflow conditions, ensuring compliance with aerodynamic standards and improving overall flight efficiency.

Key applications include:

• Aerodynamic Certification: Use pressure sensors and load cells to perform aerodynamic certification of eVTOL blades and fuselage components, ensuring they meet performance and safety standards in various flight conditions.
• Whirl Tower & Blade Balancing: Conduct blade balancing and performance analysis using Whirl Towers, crucial for rotorcraft blade development and main rotor hub system optimization. Our systems help analyze blade lift, thrust, and hover envelope during varying or constant blade speeds, ensuring optimal rotor performance.

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