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June 2020

End

December 2022

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H2020 | FORMOSA - Development of Innovative Functional Aircraft Moveable Surfaces

Start

June 2020

End

December 2022

Status

Completed

The present project is addressed in the framework of CleanSky 2 Fast Rotorcraft (FRC) IADP. In this context, the Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor (NGCTR) demonstrator will be dedicated to the design, construction and flying of an innovative Civil Tiltrotor technology demonstrator, the configuration of which will go beyond current architectures for this type of aircraft. Indeed, demonstration activities planned in this framework will be aimed to show significant improvement with respect to current tiltrotors’ state-of-the-art. In particular, this novel tiltrotor configuration will host a peculiar wing that includes several movable surfaces controlled by complex kinematics mechanisms that will be flight tested in the framework of Clean Sky 2. The wing design was conceived to assign a specific function for each movable surface. An inner large flaperon was conceived for download reduction (flap role) while an external flaperon was conceived for roll control as well as for download reduction. The design of the future NGCTR will encourage an innovative solution for the wing movable surfaces able to incorporate multiple functions (download alleviation, flap, aileron) thus reducing the complexity of the actuation system.

Project details

Program

Horizon 2020

SubProgram

Pillar III - Societal Challenge

Call

H2020-CS2-CFP10-2019-01

Topic

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

Start date

01-06-2020 | Length: 30 months

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Articles (journals)

Coupling mid-fidelity aerodynamics and multibody dynamics for the aeroelastic analysis of rotary-wing vehicles
A. Savino, A. Cocco, A. Zanotti, M. Tugnoli, P. Masarati, and V. Muscarello, “Coupling mid-fidelity aerodynamics and multibody dynamics for the aeroelastic analysis of rotary-wing vehicles”, ENERGIES, vol. 14, no. 21, pp. 1–28, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14216979 ↗

Magazine Articles

THE FORMOSA CONSORTIUM, LED BY POLITECNICO DI MILANO AND CEIIA, ACHIEVED ON APRIL 2023 ITS LAST MILESTONE

FORMOSA PROJECT: AN INNOVATIVE CONTROL SURFACE DEVELOPED FOR THE NEXT GENERATION CIVIL TILTROTOR