Updated GUI mockup showing RAPPT Overview display during actual generator bearing failure event in Feb 23. Increased drag from the directly-coupled generator led to uncommanded turbine RPM decay and automatic shutdown.
GUI mockup in Excel showing RAPPT Overview display using actual test run data from 9 Jan 23. Live video of the test run is shown below this video.
Full system test at OU on 9 Jan 23. Test included two "flight profiles" that varied turbine throttle settings, lifting fan power settings, and electrical load demands over a 5-minute eVTOL takeoff and cruise sequence. This video is of the first test run--data captured from the run is displayed on the GUI in the video above.
Initial full system testing on 15 Dec 22 at Ohio University's Dept of Mechanical Engineering. Microturbine startup and idle, initial Power Distribution connection and energizing of boost/buck converters. Note the glowing hot turbine exhaust nozzle!
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