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Knowledge of propeller or rotor blade behaviour under real operating conditions is crucial for optimizing the performance of a propeller or rotor system. A team of researchers, technicians and engineers from Avia Propeller, DLR, EVEKTOR and HARDsoft developed a rotating stereo camera system dedicated to in-flight blade deformation measurements. The whole system, co-rotating with the propeller at its full speed and hence exposed to high centrifugal forces and strong vibration, had been successfully tested on an EVEKTOR VUT 100 COBRA aeroplane in Kunovice (CZ) within the project AIM 2 -advanced in-flight measurement techniques funded by the European Commission (contract no. 266107). This paper will describe the work, starting from drawing the first sketch of the system up to performing the successful flight test. Apart from a description of the measurement hardware and the applied IPCT method, the paper will give some impressions of the flight test activities and discuss the results obtained from the measurements.

The paper is concerned with practical studies of illuminator role in the process of acquisition of spatial information with use of laser photography device.The laser photography device working according to the time-spatial framing method needs both acquisition and illumination process to happen in a very short-time.Fulllment of both conditions is necessary for proper operation of this device. Using a specialized laser illuminator determines the growth of information potential of the laser photography device and allows reducing parasitic impact of daylight. The presented solution not only improves typical vision systems parameters but it introduces new quality for imaging devices.

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A sine-modulated high-intensity UV-LED light source for pressure-sensitive paint applications using fluorescence lifetime imaging technique,"