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Project description

Innovative wing designs for next-generation tiltrotor aircraft

The Leonardo Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor is a tiltrotor aircraft demonstrator developed by Italian company 'Leonardo S.p.A' within the EU Clean Sky 2 program. It is a new helicopter/fixed-wing hybrid vehicle designed to meet the increasing demands of aerial mobility and manoeuvrability in densely populated urban areas. Its configuration will be superior to current architectures for this type of aircraft. The EU-funded FORMOSA project will work on innovative wing concepts. The demonstrator's wings will include several moveable surfaces controlled by complex kinematic mechanisms that will be flight tested in the framework of Clean Sky 2. Specifically, it will employ two control surfaces per wing: a flaperon for lift and control and one that is lowered during vertical take offs.

Field of science

• /engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/vehicle engineering/aerospace engineering/aircraft

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.3.4.5.3. - IADP Fast Rotorcraft

Topic(s)

• JTI-CS2-2019-CFP10-FRC-01-28 - Innovative kinematic analysis to incorporate multiple functions within a movable surface

Call for proposal

H2020-CS2-CFP10-2019-01
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Funding Scheme

CS2-RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinator

POLITECNICO DI MILANO

Address

Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32
20133 Milano
Italy

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU contribution

€ 289 250

Participants (1)

CEIIA - CENTRO DE ENGENHARIA E DESENVOLVIMENTO (ASSOCIACAO)

Portugal

EU contribution

€ 210 750

Address

Avenida Dom Afonso Henriques 1825
4470-017 Matosinhos

Activity type

Research Organisations