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 ...

Boeing T-7A tail number 7002, the first to be delivered to the USAF, taking off from St Louis Lambert International Airport, Missouri, co-located with Boeing's factory. (Boeing/Eric Shindelbower) The ...

Flutter is a dynamic aeroelastic instability caused by interaction of unsteady aerodynamic forces with elastic vibration of the structure. At the so-called flutter critical velocity, the damping ratio ...

The flutter test rig is used to induce flutter oscillation in aerofoil models in the two degrees of freedom pitch and yaw. To do this, a 2-D airfoil model is suspended elastically from a pitch spring ...

Long, narrow wings are intended to reduce fuel consumption and increase comfort in aircraft. However, wing flutter must be ...

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 ...