EU-funded researchers have successfully developed a highly compact, accurate and stable inertial measurement unit for use in measuring deformation in aircraft wings.
Being the most ambitious aeronautical research programme ever launched in Europe, Clean Sky intends to speed up technological breakthrough developments and shorten the time to market for new and cleaner solutions tested on full-scale demonstrators. Speeding up new aviation designs to significantly increase the environmental performance of aeroplanes and air transport requires innovation on all parts of the aircraft.
Further details: Tiny accelerometers integrated in aircraft wings