Although computational fluid dynamics and wind - tunnel experimentation can provide vital clues, practical solutions probably demand
actual flight testing, which is expensive.
Not exact matches
To
test their sensor technology in the most realistic environment possible (without endangering unwitting vacationers or business travelers on
actual flights), Chen and his team are working in a mock airline cabin at Purdue's Ray W. Herrick Laboratories.
In one of the innovative
tests, the F / A -18 flew a sequence of
test points that maximized the bending excitation of the
actual airplane based on data collected from earlier
flights and prior structural
tests.
Their advanced course even allows students to go on an
actual flight to
test out what they've learned in the class.
In making Power Passage (2004 — 07), a two - channel video shown at the entrance of the gallery, Park was inspired by the
actual launching of the ASTP (Apollo - Soyuz
Test Project), the first joint US - Soviet space
flight that took place in 1975.
The only solution is to use SpaceX and Boeing's
test flights as
actual flights, in which we carry humans to and from the ISS, rather than as the
test flights they were originally designed to be.
Tested avionic systems under simulated and
actual operating conditions to determine performance, and airworthiness, using
test equipment, such as oscilloscopes, digital meters and counters, while performing a
test flight.