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Airbus’s Racer program reaches cruise speed Airbus Press Release | April 15, 2021
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The Racer program is one of Airbus Helicopters most exciting innovation projects and one that illustrates the company’s approach to innovation, which is focused on delivering value to customers and lowering helicopter emissions.
The high-speed demonstrator will be optimized for a cruise speed of more than 400 km/h. Airbus Image
Developed in the frame of the European Research Clean Sky 2 project, which involves 40 partners in 13 European countries, the high-speed demonstrator will be optimized for a cruise speed of more than 400 km/h (the average helicopter can reach a top speed of about 260 km/h) and aims at achieving the best trade-off between speed, cost-efficiency and mission performance. Fuel savings will be generated thanks to the innovative Safran eco-mode hybrid-electrical system, which allows one of the two Aneto-1X engines to be shu
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German Aerospace Center (DLR, Stuttgart and Augsburg) at the TU Munich symposium last fall and
CW’s summary published during the same time period, “Moving forward on the Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator (MFFD)”. The project was also described in a presentation given by Lars Larsen at 9:35 on Day 3 of ITHEC 2020: “Process data-driven advancement of robot-based, continuous ultrasonic welding for the Dust-free Assembly of Future Fuselage Structures”.
As explained by Larsen, “The major challenge is to show that production costs can be significantly reduced by using automation.” For the MFFD upper half, this includes in-situ consolidation via automated tape laying/fiber placement (ATL/AFP) to avoid the autoclave and dustless/dust-free welding for assembly. “This should make it possible to change the sequence of component and final assembly lines in the future,” says Larsen, “allowing systems to be integrated
German Aerospace Center (DLR, Stuttgart and Augsburg) at the TU Munich symposium last fall and
CW’s summary published during the same time period, “Moving forward on the Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator (MFFD)”. The project was also described in a presentation given by Lars Larsen at 9:35 on Day 3 of ITHEC 2020: “Process data-driven advancement of robot-based, continuous ultrasonic welding for the Dust-free Assembly of Future Fuselage Structures”.
As explained by Larsen, “The major challenge is to show that production costs can be significantly reduced by using automation.” For the MFFD upper half, this includes in-situ consolidation via automated tape laying/fiber placement (ATL/AFP) to avoid the autoclave and dustless/dust-free welding for assembly. “This should make it possible to change the sequence of component and final assembly lines in the future,” says Larsen, “allowing systems to be integrated