Aviation and Space Tests

RTCA DO 160 Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment

EUROLAB laboratory provides testing and compliance services within the scope of the RTCA DO 160 standard. The DO-160 standard, published by the Radio Technical Aviation Commission (RTCA), is a standard designed for environmental testing of avionics equipment. This standard replaces the previously published DO-138 standard.

RTCA DO 160  Havadaki Ekipmanlar için Çevresel Koşullar ve Test Prosedürleri

The RTCA DO 160 standard provides standard procedures and environmental testing criteria for testing airborne equipment for the entire range of aircraft, from light general aviation aircraft and helicopters to jumbo jets and supersonic aircraft.

The said standard consists of 26 sections and three appendices. Examples of tests covered include vibration, power input, radio frequency sensitivity, lightning, and electrostatic discharge.

The parts of this standard are as follows:

  • temperature and altitude
  • Temperature change
  • Gender
  • Operational shocks and crash safety
  • Vibration
  • Explosive atmosphere
  • Waterproof
  • Fluid sensitivity sand and dust fungus resistance salt mist
  • magnetic effect
  • power input
  • moment of tension
  • Audio frequency transmission sensitivity, power inputs
  • Induced signal sensitivity
  • Radio frequency sensitivity (radiated and transmitted)
  • Emission of radio frequency energy
  • Lightning-induced transient sensitivity
  • direct lightning effects
  • iciness
  • Electrostatic discharge
  • Fire and flammability

The purpose of these tests is to provide a controlled means of assuring the performance characteristics of airborne equipment under similar environmental conditions when operating equipment in air.

The environmental test conditions and test methods in the standard are used in conjunction with applicable equipment performance standards as a minimum specification under environmental conditions that provide sufficient confidence in performance during use on an aircraft.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with RTCA DO 160 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.

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