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Dr. Pierluigi Capone

Dr. Pierluigi Capone

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

Work at ZHAW

Position

Focus

  • Design, specification and development from limited control authority to full fly-by-wire flight control systems for fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft
  • Parameter Estimation for research, development and training purposes
  • Development of Real-time simulatiors (simulation model, control loading, motion base and visual system)
  • Flight Test for Flight Control System and Parameter Estimation, Planning, Instrumentation, Execution, data Analysis
  • Development of new inceptor designs suitable for tiltrotor and compound helicopter designs.

Teaching

Professional development teaching

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

Experience

  • Head of Control Laws Design - Fly by Wire Integrated Team
    AgustaWestland
    2008 - 2013
  • Chief Project Engineer for Fly by Wire
    Sistemi Dinamici, Italy, on behalf of AgustaWestland
    2006 - 2008
  • Middle Management, Flight Control System Group – Rotorcraft Flight Control System Design, Integration and Flight Testing
    AgustaWestland, Italy
    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, Canada
    2001 - 2004
  • Senior Engineer, Flight Controls and Handling Qualities Groups – BA609 Tilt-Rotor Flight Control System Development
    Bell Helicopter, USA (on Behalf of Agusta SpA)
    2000 - 2001
  • Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer, Flight Control System Group - Responsible for M346 Advanced Trainer Control Laws
    Aermacchi SpA
    1995 - 2000
  • Engineer Aerodynamics Office - Perfromenace, Flight Test and Certification
    Pilatus Aircraft Ltd
    1995 - 1995

Education and Continuing education

Education

  • CAS University Didactic
    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
  • Development Courses - Middle Management
    AgustaWestland
    2004 - 2012
  • Leadership Development
    Bombardier Aerospace
    2004 - 2004
  • Aircraft Reliability and FAR/JAR Design Requirements
    Bombardier Aerospace
    2003 - 2003
  • MSc In Aerospace Engineering / Aeroservoelasticity
    Politecnico di Milano
    1988 - 1994

Continuing Education

Private Pilot Licence
Avilu flight School
1992

Network

Membership of networks

ORCID ID: 0009-0006-5395-5670

Social media

Linkedin

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
Books and monographs, 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.

    Available from: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a387777.pdf

Conference contributions, peer-reviewed