Retrofit programme is delayed for tests to show if vibration affects Hawkeye's turboprop engine or avionics The US Navy's programme to retrofit new eight-blade propellers to its Northrop Grumman E-2C ...

The CLT propeller recently underwent real-world testing, which proved, according to its designer and manufacturer that the propeller can help to reduce or eliminate hull-induced vibrations and noise ...

European researchers have concluded – perhaps unsurprisingly – that noise and vibration are the biggest sources of passenger discomfort in turboprop aircraft. And they stress that such issues must be ...

The effects of the ground on propeller noise have been measured experimentally for the very first time by researchers in the Aeroacoustics research team at the University of Bristol. In findings, ...

The new vbration monitoring system will improve passenger comfort and lower operating costs for ATR operators. A new vibration monitoring system manufactured by Meggitt Sensing Systems will allow fine ...

EARLY in 1936, at the instigation of the National Physical Laboratory, the Singing Propeller Committee of the Institution of Naval Architects included among other recommendations in its report a ...

CHRISTCHURCH, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Meggitt PLC, a leading international group specialising in high-performance components and sub-systems for aerospace, defence and energy markets, has been ...

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Software-generated lumped-mass models predict what version of a machine most effectively minimizes vibrations from motion inputs while damping vibration propagation at support structures. This is a 3D ...

Early airborne combat was more like a drive-by shooting as pilot used handheld firearms to fire upon other aircraft. Whomever could boost firepower and accuracy would have the upper hand and so ...