Ventura Aerospace was presented with a unique challenge from a customer. Their current Solid State Relay (SSR) solution for opening and closing a valve was experiencing start up failures. The typical failure mode of an SSR is to fail to the closed position. The problem was that if the SSR failed at start up the connected valve would open out of sequence resulting in possible test article damage.
Ventura Aerospace has developed an Operational Loads Monitoring (OLM) System for 10-Tanker. This system has numerous inputs to monitor the structural health of the air frame during all modes of flight and includes acceleration, air speed, strain gauge, retardant tank and GPS data. Data is automatically recorded for download and reduction via ...
Continue Reading →Ventura Aerospace has developed a custom pressure and vacuum tester for fuel tanks using a National Instruments sB-RIO and LabVIEW. This unit will control pneumatic valves to cycle the pressure in a fuel tank while measuring pressure and strain data on the fuel tank walls. All wiring and integration of the components was accomplished by our wire harness shop. This particular unit will be used for certification testing ...
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