RECREATE
REsearch on a CRuiser Enabled Air Transport Environment
At a glance
- Project leader : Prof. Dr. Leonardo Manfriani
- Project team : Cyril Hertz, Dr. Merja Hoppe, Jan Koch, Michael Riedberger, Prof. Dr. Marcello Righi, Tiina-Maria Seppänen
- Project budget : CHF 250'195
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : EU and other international programmes
- Project partner : Raj Nangia, Queen's University Belfast, FOI, NRG, TU München, TU Delft, DLR, NLR
- Contact person : Leonardo Manfriani
Description
This proposal is all about the introduction and airworthiness of
cruiser-feeder operations for civil aircraft. Cruiser-feeder
operations are investigated as a promising pioneering idea for the
air transport of the future.
The soundness of the concept of cruiser-feeder operations for civil
aircraft is explained in the proposal, taking air-to-air refuelling
operations as an example. A comprehensive estimate is given, which
shows a fuel burn reduction potential and a CO2 emission reduction
of 31% for a typical 6000 nautical miles flight with a payload of
250 passengers. This reduction potential is known to be large by
any standard.The top level objective of the proposal is to
demonstrate on a preliminary design level that cruiser-feeder
operations (as a concept to reduce fuel burn and CO2 emission
levels) can be shown to comply with the airworthiness requirements
for civil aircraft. The subsequent Scientific and Technological
(S&T) objectives are presented in the proposal. In the project,
airworthy operational concepts for cruiser-feeder operations are
determined and studied. The benefits in terms of CO2 emission
reduction are derived and quantified. This is conducted in three
integrating work packages, which are underpinned by research
conducted in three disciplinary work packages. A conceptual and
preliminary design study of aircraft required will be made, as well
as automatic flight control concepts necessary to reduce the
workload of the pilots and concepts to transfer passengers,
supllies and waste. Finally, flight simulations
will be conducted to investigate the cruiser-feeder operations
concept. Impact of the RECREATE project will be generated by
disseminating the results to the general public, to advisory groups
and policy makers and to the aeronautical sciences
community.