Improving a Very Light Aircraft Dedicated Flight Test Instrumentation System

We report on the enhancements to MNEMOSINE, the Flight Test Instrumentation system designed and developed by the Department to meet the specific requirements of Flight Testing Ultra Light Machine. The system, initially conceived and put up to fulfill bot research and didactic activities carried out on the Department’s owned and operated TECNAM P92, after dozens of Flight Test missions has shown it’s quality, reliability ad dependability. It has recently been signed an agreement between the Department and Nando Groppo, one of the leading Italian Ultra Light Machine (ULM) manufacturers, aimed to the execution of Flight Testing activities on Groppo’s brand new machine, in a joint effort. Using this occasion, and capitalizing the feedback from the completed Flight Test activities, MNEMOSINE has undergone a major improvement in order to be ready to be used as one of the principal resources for the planned certification of the XL. Enhancements and additions include a brand new, rough and accurate Air Data system, an experimental Flight Control force measurement system, a very accurate Data Time Stamping feature and finally a Top Switch counter.