The proposal approached innovative solutions for the design and manufacturing of the test rig and the definition of the method and performance for the structural testing of two different kinds of configuration for the outer wings within a Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft.

The WISDOM proposal understood that the test philosophy is to demonstrate that major components tests can be performed on flight test aircraft. The main requirement for this wing structural part was based on their high dimensional stability and tight geometrical tolerances to compliance with surface quality for a natural laminar flow condition, and therefore stability control and manufacturing precision over the test bench tools to be designed and manufactured shall consider this, avoiding as much as possible interfaces with the specimen surfaces. The test procedure was based on a Self-supporting test rig with flexible and adaptative plug and play loads introduction method with minimum specimen interface needs and wireless connection for data recording.