Dr. Pierluigi Capone

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

+41 (0) 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

Lehrtätigkeit in der Weiterbildung

WBK Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)

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 ID: 0009-0006-5395-5670

Social Media

Projekte

Publikationen

Beiträge in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift, peer-reviewed

Liu, Xinying; Abà, Anna; Capone, Pierluigi; Manfriani, Leonardo; Fu, Yongling,

2022.

Atmospheric disturbance modelling for a piloted flight simulation study of airplane safety envelope over complex terrain.

Aerospace.

9(2), S. 103.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9020103
Abà, Anna; Barra, Federico; Capone, Pierluigi; Guglieri, Giorgio,

2020.

Mathematical modelling of gimballed tilt-rotors for real-time flight simulation.

Aerospace.

7(9), S. 124.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace7090124
Monstein, Raphael; Capone, Pierluigi; Dettling, Marcel,

2019.

Determination of model structure from flight test with generalized additive models.

Journal of Aircraft.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.2514/1.C035171

Bücher und Monographien, peer-reviewed

Moorhouse, David J.; de Boer, Wim; Fielding, Chris; Hahn, Klaus-Uwe; Hofinger, Georg; Magni, Jean-Francois; Verde, Leopoldo; Amato, Francesco; Attar, Moshe; Black, Thomas; Barfield, Finley; Cord, Thomas; Capone, Pierluigi; Dinkelmann, Michael; Duda, Holger; Gibson, John; Iervolino, Raffaele; Jategaonkar, Javindra; Moormann, Dieter; Scala, Stefano; van der Weerd, Rogier,

2000.

Flight control design : best practices.

Neuilly-sur-Seine:

Research and Technology Organization, North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

RTO technical report ; 29.

ISBN 92-837-1047-9.

Verfügbar unter: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a387777.pdf

Konferenzbeiträge, peer-reviewed

Pedrioli, Andrea; Capone, Pierluigi; Righi, Marcello; Garcia-Sanchez, Elena; Pinsard, Laurent; Vieira Gomes, Joana,

2024.

MODEL-SI : modeling and simulation - multi-fidelity surrogate model of an eVTOL for certification [Paper].

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.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-1624
Abà, Anna; Pedrioli, Andrea; Monstein, Raphael; Hitz, Manuel; Schneider, Rafael; Capone, Pierluigi,

2023.

Convertiplane control during transition : the Collective and Throttle Lever (CATL) [Paper].

In:

49th European Rotorcraft Forum 2023 - Proceedings.

49th European Rotorcraft Forum, Bückeburg, Germany, 5-7 September 2023.

Bonn:

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V..
Pavel, Marilena; Abà, Anna; Capone, Pierluigi,

2023.

Metrics and guidelines for rotorcraft modeling accuracy and their relation to model uncertainty : a state-of-the practice survey [Paper].

In:

49th European Rotorcraft Forum 2023 - Proceedings.

49th European Rotorcraft Forum, Bückeburg, Germany, 5-7 September 2023.

Bonn:

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V..
Garbo, Pierre; Quaranta, Giuseppe; Capone, Pierluigi,

2023.

Non-invasive optical sensors to measure pilots’ forces on aircraft control inceptors [Paper].

In:

AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum.

AIAA AVIATION Forum, San Diego, USA and online, 12-16 June 2023.

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-3321
Primatesta, Stefano; Barra, Federico; Godio, Simone; Guglieri, Giorgio; Capone, Pierluigi,

2023.

Implementation of a comprehensive real-time flight simulator for XV-15 tilt-rotor aircraft [Paper].

In:

AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum.

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) SciTech Forum, National Harbor, USA, 23-27 January 2023.

Reston, VA:

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-0336
Figuet, Benoit; Leibundgut, Prosper; Pedrioli, Andrea; Frauenfelder, Arno; Doran, Hans Dermot; Capone, Pierluigi,

2022.

HORUS : High Operational Reliability for Unmanned Systems [Paper].

In:

48th European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF), Winterthur, Switzerland, 6-9 September 2022.
Capone, Pierluigi; Rinaldi, Marco; Guglieri, Giorgio,

2022.

Comprehensive analysis and configuration of a control loading solution for a rotary wing flight simulator [Paper].

In:

Forum 78 Proceedings.

78th Annual Forum and Technology Display, Fort Worth, Texas, 10-12 May 2022.

Fairfax:

Vertical Flight Society.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.4050/F-0078-2022-17573
Capone, Pierluigi; Primatesta, Stefano; Barra, Federico; Guglieri, Giorgio,

2022.

Design and integration of a tilt-rotor flight simulation platform [Paper].

In:

Forum 78 Proceedings.

78th Annual Forum and Technology Display, Fort Worth, Texas, 10-12 May 2022.

Fairfax, VA:

Vertical Flight Society.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.4050/F-0078-2022-17587
Barra, Federico; Capone, Pierluigi; Guglieri, Giorgio,

2020.

A methodology for preliminary performance estimation of a hybrid-electric tilt-wing aircraft for emergency medical services [Paper].

In:

2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS).

International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), Athens, Greece, 1-4 September 2020.

IEEE.

S. 1636-1643.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS48674.2020.9214025
Doran, Hans Dermot; Reif, Monika Ulrike; Oehler, Marco; Stöhr, Curdin; Capone, Pierluigi,

2020.

Conceptual design of human-drone communication in collaborative environments [Paper].

In:

2020 50th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Workshops (DSN-W).

International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Workshops (DSN-W), Valencia, Spain, 29 June - 2 July 2020.

IEEE.

S. 118-121.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1109/DSN-W50199.2020.00030
Barra, Federico; Capone, Pierluigi; Monstein, Raphael; Godio, Simone; Guglieri, Giorgio,

2019.

Implementation of a comprehensive mathematical model for tilt-rotor real-time flight simulation [Paper].

In:

45th European Rotorcraft Forum, Warsaw, Poland, 17-20 September 2019.

ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-19753
Capone, Pierluigi,

2002.

Linearization of aircraft models : a flight control system and flying qualities perspective [Paper].

In:

Challenges in dynamics, system identification, control and handling qualities for land, air sea and space vehicles.

RTO Systems - Concepts and Integration Panel (SCI) Symposium, Berlin, Deutschland, 13.-15. Mai 2002.

Neuilly-sur-Seine:

Research and Technology Organization, North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Capone, Pierluigi; Mantegazza, Paolo,

1995.

Adaptive control of a multi-input multi-output flutter suppression system [Paper].

In:

Nineteenth European Rotorcraft Forum : Cernobbio (Como), September 14-16, 1993.

Nineteenth European Rotorcraft Forum, Cernobbio, Italy, 14-16 September 1993.

Amsterdam:

National Aerospace Laboratory.

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