Prof. Pierluigi Capone

Prof. Pierluigi Capone

ZHAW School of Engineering
Forschungsschwerpunkt Flugmechanik und Flugregelungssysteme
Technikumstrasse 71
8400 Winterthur

+41 58 934 47 25
pierluigi.capone@zhaw.ch

Arbeit an der ZHAW

Tätigkeit

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte

Entwurf, Spezifikation und Entwicklung von Flugregelungssystemen und Autopiloten für Flächenflugzeuge und Drehflügler (von Systemen mit beschränkter Steuerautorität, bis zu kompletten fly-by-wire Systemen)
Parameterschätzung (Parameter Estimation) für flugmechanische Modellierungen und Flugsimulationsmodelle
Entwicklung von Real-Time Simulatoren (Simulationsmodell, Control Loading, Motion Base und Visual)
Flugversuche für Flugsteuerungssysteme und Parameterschätzung, Planung, Durchführung, Datenauswertung
Zukunftsweisende Entwicklung von Steuerelementen für Tiltrotors und Compound Helicopters

Lehrtätigkeit

Berufserfahrung

Head of Control Laws Design - Fly by Wire Integrated Team
AgustaWestland
2008 - 2013
Chief Project Engineer for Fly by Wire
Sistemi Dinamici, Italien, im Auftrag von AgustaWestland
2006 - 2008
Middle Management, Flight Control System Group – Rotorcraft Flight Control System Design, Integration and Flight Testing
AgustaWestland, Italien
2004 - 2006
Engineer Specialist, Active Control Technology Group - Design, verification, clearance, pilot in the loop simulation and flight test of digital control laws.
Bombardier Aerospace, Kanada
2001 - 2004
Senior Engineer, Flight Controls and Handling Qualities Groups – BA609 Tilt-Rotor Flight Control System Entwicklung
Bell Helicopter, USA (im Namen von Agusta SpA)
2000 - 2001
Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer, Flight Control System Group - Verantwortlich für M346 Advanced Trainer Control Laws
Aermacchi SpA
1995 - 2000
Engineer Aerodynamics Office - Leistungen, Flugtest und Zertifizierung.
Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG
1995 - 1995

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Ausbildung

CAS Hochschuldidaktik
PHZH
2022 - 2023
EASA Design Organisation Approval, Certification of aircraft and related products, parts and appliances, and of design and production organisations
JAA Training Organization
2021 - 2021
Fortbildungsreihe - Middle Management
AgustaWestland
2004 - 2012
Leadership Development
Bombardier Aerospace
2004 - 2004
Aircraft Reliability and FAR/JAR Design Requirements
Bombardier Aerospace
2003 - 2003
Dipl. Ing. Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik / Aeroservoelasticity
Politecnico di Milano
1988 - 1994

Weiterbildung

Pilotenlizenz Motorflug
Avilu Flugschule
1992

Netzwerk

Mitglied in Netzwerken

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0009-0006-5395-5670

Social Media

Projekte

Publikationen

Beiträge in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift, peer-reviewed

Liu, X. et al. (2022) 'Atmospheric disturbance modelling for a piloted flight simulation study of airplane safety envelope over complex terrain', Aerospace, 9(2), p. 103. doi: 10.3390/aerospace9020103.
Abà, A. et al. (2020) 'Mathematical modelling of gimballed tilt-rotors for real-time flight simulation', Aerospace, 7(9), p. 124. doi: 10.3390/aerospace7090124.
Monstein, R., Capone, P. and Dettling, M. (2019) 'Determination of model structure from flight test with generalized additive models', Journal of Aircraft. doi: 10.2514/1.C035171.

Bücher, peer-reviewed

Moorhouse, D. J. et al. (2000) Flight control design : best practices. Neuilly-sur-Seine: Research and Technology Organization, North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Available at: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a387777.pdf.

Schriftliche Konferenzbeiträge, peer-reviewed

Pedrioli, A. et al. (2026) 'Flight simulation model of a multi-fidelity digital twin of an eVTOL drone', in CEAS Aeronautical Journal. Springer. doi: 10.1007/s13272-026-00961-3.
Pedrioli, A. et al. (2024) 'MODEL-SI : modeling and simulation - multi-fidelity surrogate model of an eVTOL for certification', in American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (AIAA SciTech Forum), Orlando, USA, 8-12 January 2024. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2024-1624.
Primatesta, S. et al. (2023) 'Implementation of a comprehensive real-time flight simulator for XV-15 tilt-rotor aircraft', in AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum. Reston: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2023-0336.
Pavel, M., Abà, A. and Capone, P. (2023) 'Metrics and guidelines for rotorcraft modeling accuracy and their relation to model uncertainty : a state-of-the practice survey', in 49th European Rotorcraft Forum 2023 - Proceedings. Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V.
Abà, A. et al. (2023) 'Convertiplane control during transition : the Collective and Throttle Lever (CATL)', in 49th European Rotorcraft Forum 2023 - Proceedings. Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V.
Garbo, P., Quaranta, G. and Capone, P. (2023) 'Non-invasive optical sensors to measure pilots' forces on aircraft control inceptors', in AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2023-3321.
Figuet, B. et al. (2022) 'HORUS : High Operational Reliability for Unmanned Systems', in 48th European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF), Winterthur, Switzerland, 6-9 September 2022. European Rotorcraft Forum. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-27218.
Capone, P. et al. (2022) 'Design and integration of a tilt-rotor flight simulation platform', in Forum 78 Proceedings. Fairfax: Vertical Flight Society. doi: 10.4050/F-0078-2022-1167.
Capone, P., Rinaldi, M. and Guglieri, G. (2022) 'Comprehensive analysis and configuration of a control loading solution for a rotary wing flight simulator', in Forum 78 Proceedings. Fairfax: Vertical Flight Society. doi: 10.4050/f-0078-2022-1166.
Doran, H. D. et al. (2020) 'Conceptual design of human-drone communication in collaborative environments', in 2020 50th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Workshops (DSN-W). IEEE, pp. 118–121. doi: 10.1109/DSN-W50199.2020.00030.
Barra, F., Capone, P. and Guglieri, G. (2020) 'A methodology for preliminary performance estimation of a hybrid-electric tilt-wing aircraft for emergency medical services', in 2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). IEEE, pp. 1636–1643. doi: 10.1109/ICUAS48674.2020.9214025.
Barra, F. et al. (2019) 'Implementation of a comprehensive mathematical model for tilt-rotor real-time flight simulation', in 45th European Rotorcraft Forum, Warsaw, Poland, 17-20 September 2019. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-19753.
Capone, P. (2002) 'Linearization of aircraft models : a flight control system and flying qualities perspective', in Challenges in dynamics, system identification, control and handling qualities for land, air sea and space vehicles. Neuilly-sur-Seine: Research and Technology Organization, North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Capone, P. and Mantegazza, P. (1995) 'Adaptive control of a multi-input multi-output flutter suppression system', in Nineteenth European Rotorcraft Forum : Cernobbio (Como), September 14-16, 1993. Amsterdam: National Aerospace Laboratory.

Weitere Publikationen

Deverlija, J. J. et al. (2024) 'A novel wake interference model for helicopter real-time simulation', in 50th European Rotorcraft Forum, Marseille, France, 10-12 September 2024. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-32606.

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