Proceedings of the 11th Convention of the
European Acoustics Association
Forum Acusticum / EuroNoise 2025


Málaga, Spain
June 23 - 26, 2025





Session: A05.10/A14.09 Advanced air mobility noise
Date: Tuesday 24 June 2025
Time: 15:40
Title: Comparative Drone Noise Flight Test Campaign Using Conventional Precision Microphones and an Artificial Head
Author(s): Giovanni Fasulo
Francesco Petrosino
Mattia Barbarino
Luigi Federico
Pages: 1481-1488
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.61782/fa.2025.0225
PDF: https://dael.euracoustics.org/confs/fa2025/data/articles/000225.pdf
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Abstract

This study investigates the acoustic signatures of a DJI Matrice 300 RTK during LiDAR and photogrammetric mapping missions at the Pianabella UrbanV vertiport in Rome. Utilizing a comprehensive setup that combines conventional precision condenser microphones with an artificial head, measurements were conducted throughout various drone flight phases. Analysis revealed that calculating advanced psychoacoustic metrics with the artificial head can introduce significant errors compared to conventional microphone measurements, for which these metrics were originally designed.