Final Report Summary - CESAR (Cost Effective Small AiRcraft) The CESAR project focused on the concept of small-size commercial aircrafts providing manufacturers with an enhanced ability needed to become fully competitive in the world market. The objective was to build up a new development concept for this aircraft category and to improve selected technologies enabling a significant reduction of the time-to-market and lowering the overall development, operation and maintenance costs, while considering safety, passenger comfort and environmental impact. The project consisted of five research technology development (RTD) areas sufficiently covering the complexity of the aircraft design process, namely aerodynamic and structural design, propulsion integration, aircraft system optimisation and design integration aspects.The project defined clear objectives as follows:- time to market reduction by two years- development cost reduction by 20 % - reduction of manufacturing and assembly costs by 16 % - propulsion unit efficiency and affordability - optimisation of selected aircraft systems. The CESAR project work was successfully accomplished. The project brought technical achievements and extensive new knowledge to the European general aviation (GA) sector. Despite the lack of investments and problematic profitability in the GA sector small aircrafts in CS/FAR 23 regulation category gradually become part of the air transport system, especially in remote areas where the density of land transport network is low. Small aircrafts are also more and more used as a part of personal air transport system, operating nearby urban areas. Special effort was given to the public awareness activities to make CESAR project and GA sector more visible. The communication between CESAR and other EU-funded projects having complementary content was also widely ensured. Training activities in individual tasks were tailored to serve to both CESAR participants and potential external users. The project work and particular achievements are recorded in more than 300 technical reports (deliverables) available for CESAR participants and on request for potential external users. Eight technical results are protected by patents. Other results, which were not so close-to market, have been published in specialized journals and presented at conferences. There were about 50 publications in total. The plan for dissemination of results contains 177 items briefly describing nature of individual results and the way of their exploitation, dissemination or protection. All relevant information about the project can be found at the project's website: http://www.cesar-project.eu. Related documents Final Report - CESAR (Cost Effective Small AiRcraft)
