Engine Testing: Dealing with UAV power systems

There are days when testing goes really well and the time spent doing the actual test is minimal. Then there are those days where almost nothing goes right. Here’s an example of the latter. (pictured above) The powerplant Dave is testing for an unnamed aerospace company may end up in a UAV like this Cassidian Tanan, which is powered by a diesel engine. It was the end of an extensive testing program as contracted by...