Titanium Matrix Composites Take-off
Test Flight
Flight testing was performed with the F16 "Orange Jumper" of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF).
Installation of the TMC Lower Drag Brace in the F16 Main Landing Gear
Check of instrumentation on Landing Gear before flight by NLR and SP personnel.
After a taxi test with maximum braking from 100 kts to standstill, a precautionary hot-brake check was done.
Touchdown!
Another touchdown with the TMC Lower Drag Brace clearly visible on the port side of the main landing gear.
Some of the people that made this achievement possible under the "Orange Jumper".
From left to right: Peet Vergouwen (SP development engineer), Harry "Slinger" van Hulten (test pilot), Bernard Buijs (flight test engineer).