Willie Costa - Aerospace Engineer
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Cal Poly Flutter Club

Design driver: Conduct aeroelasticity and flutter tests in a small-scale wind tunnel

Project Guidelines
  • Design, fabricate, and test a gust generation system
  • Produce gust frequencies at up to 20 Hz and 300 ft./sec. tunnel speed
  • Design and fabricate scaled model of Lockheed X-56A
  • Fly model in wind tunnel using 5DOF gimbal
  • Design gust generation system to be removed and reinstalled as needed

Results
  • Installed and tested early 2013
  • Minimal flow disturbance measured at zero degree deflection of gust vanes
  • Sinusoidal gusts up to 20 Hz and 200 ft./sec. verified
  • Gust generation system videos (copyright Justin Enrique 2013):
    • Gust generation system in action   
    • Gust generation system sensors and walkthrough
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email

willie.j.costa@gmail.com

linkedin

linkedin.com/in/aerowillie
  • Home
  • About
  • Relevant Experience
  • Achievements & Honors
  • Resume
  • Portfolio
    • Formula SAE
    • Axial-Flux Generator
    • SeaLion
    • Tiltrotor Whirl Flutter
    • Ganymede
    • Hammerhead
    • TR-150 Civil Tiltrotor
    • Cal Poly Flutter Club
    • JAGUAR
    • Artemis
    • MGT Reducer
    • iFly