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AEROSPACETESTINGINTERNATIONAL.COM // JUNE 5
// FLYING V AIRCRAFT
TO BE FLOWN IN HOLLAND
A prototype model of a V-shaped
commercial aircraft being
developed by Dutch researchers
will be ready for flight tests by
October this year.
The prototype will be used in
a series of flight tests at the
University TU Delft to determine
if the “Flying-V” can remain
stable while being flown at
relatively lower speeds during
takeoff and landing.
Dutch airline KLM is to help
fund the development of the
Flying-V concept.
The aircraft’s v-shaped design
integrates the passenger cabin,
the cargo hold and the fuel tanks
into the wings, while its
improved aerodynamic shape
and reduced weight will mean it
uses 20% less fuel than the
Airbus A350.
If built, the Flying-V would not
be as long as the A350 but would
have the same 65m wingspan
and would carry the same
number of passengers – 314 in
the standard configuration.
Delft, Holland
// MC-21 MAKES FLIGHT
TESTING PROGRESS
Engineers at Russian aircraft
maker Irkut have completed the
fit-out of the fourth MC-21-300
test aircraft,
The aircraft, which is
equipped with a passenger
cabin, made the flight from
Irkutsk to Ulyanovsk Vostochny
airport last month. The aircraft
will be painted in Ulyanovsk and
will then fly to Ramenskoye
airport near Moscow to continue
flight testing.
The aircraft was piloted by
test pilots Roman Taskaev and
Vasily Sevastyanov. Taskayev
said, “The flight was in normal
mode, without complaint.”
The Russian aerospace
company Aviastar-SP Plant
produces the fuselage panels,
empennage and other units for
the MC-21-300 aircraft in
Ulyanovsk, while the
AeroComposit-Ulyanovsk
Company produces the wings,
which are made of composites.
The painting of the MC-21-300
aircraft is being done by the
Ulyanovsk company Spektr-Avia.
Ulyanosk, Russia
// ENGINEERS DE-RISK
DRONE ATM SYSTEM
Researchers from Germany have
successfully tested an air traffic
management system which
coordinated the flight of two
drones around the Köhlbrand
Bridge in Hamburg.
The City Air Traffic
Management project
demonstrated the
drones cooperating
with one another
around the bridge,
moving around active
shipping and road traffic, while
inspecting it for cracks.
The flight test was conducted
by the German Aerospace
Center (Deutsches Zentrum für
Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and
industrial and academic
partners to provide a scenario
for the future use of drones in an
urban airspace.
In addition to testing the
overall system during several
flights, the researchers also
successfully demonstrated the
detection of hairline cracks in
the bridge.
Hamburg, Germany
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