7 Oct 2021

Vendors use AEDC sea level facility to perform validation of sensors on turbofan engine

The same nine vendors who visited Arnold Air Force Base as part of the Propulsion Instrumentation Working Group, or PIWG, meetings last fall recently returned.This time, instead of simply viewing an engine installed in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Sea Level Test Cell 1 and making plans to test, they put SL-1’s capabilities to use by

7 Dec 2020

Propulsion Instrumentation Working Group visits Arnold AFB to view F404 engine stand

Members of the Propulsion Instrumentation Working Group, or PIWG, visited Arnold Air Force Base in October to view the F404 turbofan engine test stand in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Sea Level 1, or SL-1, engine test cell.Working with PIWG, AEDC team members are supporting the Engine Life Extension and Health Monitoring (ELEHM)

16 Nov 2020

Engine sensors testbed being stood up in SL-1

Sea Level aeropropulsion test cells at Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex, typically serve as testbeds to put engines through their paces from the relative safety of the ground. But now in SL-1, a F404 engine is becoming the testbed.This effort will provide engine sensor vendors the opportunity to test