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In-flight measurements are developing directions of aircraft testing. The practical implementation of these tests allows accelerating the development of new types of aircraft, the in-flight tests of serial samples, and their commissioning. Carrying out such tests is associated with high cost. In this paper the creation of a flight laboratory based on an unmanned vehicle is proposed. This will significantly reduce the cost of testing but in-flight conditions will be close to real tests. A system for recording experimental images during in-flight test was developed for conducting studies of deformations of aerodynamic surfaces. In this paper, the system based on single board computer is described; its main functions and features are considered. The results of laboratory tests of the developed system on a model of a deformable wing are presented.

In this paper, main challenges of the urban air mobility concept are discussed and comparison of the different aircraft types, capable of performing vertical take-off and landing for compliance to the urban aerial mobility concept is provided. The mathematical model for the tilt-rotor aircraft is derived by the Newton-Euler method. This model takes into account all the forces and moments applied to the aircraft. Aerodynamic characteristics for the developed aircraft were obtained using virtual aerodynamic blowing method. Simulation results of the tilt-rotor aircraft motion on the various flight stages, including vertical take-off and landing, horizontal flight and transition stages are presented.