What is involved in development & production testing helicopters?
NB: Title changed, as i wanted to expand the thread to capture more...
I have often read with great interest the various tests machines are subjected to during the development phase. Naturally this then leads to the various manouevres a machine can be put through, to demonstrate the machines capabilities at say an airshow.
What i am curious about in this thread is what level of testing does each helicopter go through once it comes off the assembly line (R22) or out of it's production cell (probably everything else). Is it a question of slowly building up confidence in the machine, or are there various ground tests that prove different systems? What procedures are used to "snag" various faults that always exist in even the most meticulous assembly?
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Last edited by Graviman; 24th Jun 2006 at 08:43.