Multirotor Test Bed Test 2 (MTB2) Performance Data
The Multirotor Test Bed (MTB) was designed to accommodate a broad range of reconfigurable multirotor systems and to measure rotor performance and loads in a wind tunnel environment. Its second wind tunnel entry, MTB2, was completed in August of 2022 in the U.S. Army 7- by 10-Foot Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames Research Center. The focus of the MTB2 test campaign was to obtain performance data for variable height quadrotor configurations to support concept quadrotor design efforts by both government and industry.
MTB2 Performance Data
Sarah A Conley, Carl R Russell, Kristen Kallstrom, Dorsa Shirazi, Carlos Z Pereyra, Stephen J Wright
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
The details for the MTB2 Test are documented in detail in a NASA TM entitled “Multirotor Test Bed Second Wind Tunnel Entry Data Report,” (NASA/TM–20250004795), which is available to download here. The report provides the full details on the test, model, post-processing, and more.
The data from MTB2 test campaign are available for download below. The ReadMe file contains information on the parameters given in the data. There are also spreadsheets of the Test Matrix sorted both chronologically and by configuration below.
Files available for download:
- File defining each of the variables in the data file
- Lists of the test points presented in chronological and configuration order:
- The data file containing the data for each test point
