The present paper aims to assess the reliability and the limitations of analysing flight stability of a box-wing aircraft configuration known as PrandtlPlane by means of methods conceived for conventional aircraft and well known in the literature. Results obtained by applying vortex lattice methods to PrandtlPlane configuration, validated previously with wind tunnel tests, are compared […]
Research
A new paper published in Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio (Springer): “Preliminary design of a Tiltwing UAV with a box wing configuration”
In the last years, aircraft disruptive configurations have been studied on view to increase civil air transport and safety of flight and, also, to reduce air pollution and noise. One of the promising configurations is the so called box wing, based on the Best Wing System concept by L. Prandtl. This paper presents an application […]
A new paper published in Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio (Springer): “Design, Optimization and Manufacturing of Metallic Wings of Light Aircraft”
Most of the wing structures of modern leisure and sport aircraft, such as LSA, VLA, ultralights, etc., are made of composite materials. These latter allow for high surface quality and lower costs, if compared to metallic solutions with conventional riveted technology, which would be adopted as production volumes are small. Assuming a greater production volume, […]
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 […]
A new paper published in Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio (Springer): “Design of a Fuselage-Mounted Main Landing Gear of a Medium-Size Civil Transport Aircraft”
The subject of the present paper is the design of an innovative fuselage mounted main landing gear, developed for a PrandtlPlane architecture civil transport aircraft with a capacity of about 300 passengers. The paper presents the conceptual design and a preliminary sizing of landing gear structural components and actuation systems, in order to get an […]