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Moog S-250 Vehicle Hover Test Update

Brenda Henderson·Jordan Cluts·Alexander Svetgoff·Lennart Hultgren·David Elliott·Jeff Severino·Justin Jantzen·Jeff Bennett
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Acoustic measurements were made with the Moog SureFly vehicle in hover and for the vehicle performing a combined takeoff and landing maneuver. The objectives of the effort were to identify the far field, obtain data to construct a noise hemisphere for prediction tool validation, and to obtain out-and back data for use in perceived noise studies. Vehicle telemetry data and future plans for the acoustic analysis were presented.

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Brenda Henderson, Jordan Cluts, Alexander Svetgoff, Lennart Hultgren, David Elliott, Jeff Severino, Justin Jantzen, Jeff Bennett. Moog S-250 Vehicle Hover Test Update. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20230015034

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Acoustic Measurements for the Moog S-250 Vehicle in Hover

Acoustic measurements for hover conditions and electric motor noise tests were conducted for the Moog S-250 research aircraft, an RPM-controlled quadcopter-type Urban Air Mobility (UAM) vehicle with four sets of contra-rotating rotors. The objectives of the study included determining the minimum far-field distance, the noise characteristics, and the potential for electric motor noise to contribute to the overall acoustic radiation for the full-scale UAM vehicle. Acoustic data for full-scale aircraft are critical for determining the impact of these vehicles on the surrounding communities. The results showed the far-field was reached by 8.1 single rotor diameters or 2.7 vehicle diameters as defined by the longest tip-to-tip rotor dimension for the vehicle. In hover, the peak acoustic radiation occurred at a declination angle of roughly 29° below the midplane between the upper and lower rotors. The lowest acoustic levels occurred below the aircraft. The electric motor noise studies, conducted with the rotors removed, showed motor noise radiated at shaft orders 17 – 20, whereas rotor noise covered the range of 2 – 24 shaft orders. There was some evidence that electric motor noise was present in previous ground run-up measurements.

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