- Investigate the potential emissions reduction of long-range air traffic offered by promising blended wing body aircraft and by hydrogen powered tube-and-wing aircraft, with novel propulsion concepts.
- Pre-design and evaluate novel flying testbeds that are needed for de-risking the development of these disruptive future long range aircraft configurations and associated enabling technologies.
- Define roadmaps, but also operational and business plans, for a European flying testbed programme and the use of these testbeds in the development of the future long range aircraft.
Flight test needs
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Flight dynamics and control
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Structural dynamics and aeroelasticity
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Unconventional propulsion integration
Family concept
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Different FTBs to cover all flight test needs
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Common strategy with optimal use of scaling, modularity, reconfigurability, re-use of designs and components
Flying testbed families (TRL4)
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Long range blended wing body family
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Long range hydrogen powered tube-and-wing family
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Long range propulsion family
Advanced measurement techniques
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Ground-based noise and aerodynamic flow measurements
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Optical measurements for aerodynamics and aeroelasticity, and
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Dynamic unsteady/critical flight condition testing
Small-scale demonstrations
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In flight
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In wind tunnel
