Preliminary design and performance analysis of a box-wing transport aircraft The paper aims to present the design phases of a 300 ca. passengers box-wing aircraft, called PrandtlPlane, proposed as an efficient alternative for future air transport. The paper presents the workflow carried out during the project, starting from the definition of Top Level Aircraft Requirements […]
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PARSIFAL project: interim results presented at AIAA Aviation Forum 2018 (Atlanta, USA)
Conceptual design of a box-wing aircraft for the air transport of the future The paper aims to present the conceptual design of a box-wing aircraft, called PrandtlPlane, proposed as an efficient alternative for future air transport. Activities and results described here are part of a research project called PARSIFAL (“Prandtlplane ARchitecture for the Sustainable Improvement […]
IDINTOS project presented at AIAA SciTech 2015 (Kissimmee, USA)
Design of a prototype of light amphibious PrandtlPlane The present paper describes the activities carried out during the research project “IDINTOS”, co-funded by the Regional Government of Tuscany (Italy), coordinated by the University of Pisa and carried out by a consortium of public bodies and private firms. The project, started in 2011 and lasted 30 […]