Print Email Facebook Twitter Formation Flying Title Formation Flying Author Bos, D.A. Dijkers, H.P.A. Gutleb, T.L.M. Herinckx, L.E. Van Nunen, R. Radfar, H. Van Rompuy, E. Sahin, S.E. De Wit, J. Contributor Beelaerts van Blokland, W.W.A. (mentor) Roling, P. (mentor) Giorgi, G. (mentor) Verhgen, W.J.C. (mentor) Faculty Aerospace Engineering Department Air Transport & Operations Date 2011-01-25 Abstract A first outline for the concept of formation flying is investigated. The objective is to create a sustainable air transportation system for the next generation of aircraft from a formation flying perspective. When flying in formation over long distances the trailing aircraft can benefit from the wake vortices created by the preceding aircraft. Aircraft flying in formation can reduce their fuel consumption substantially by benefitting from wake vortices. Consequently, the emission of carbon dioxide is significantly reduced. The four main areas of investigation are aerodynamics, air traffic operations, aircraft design and navigation. Additionally, the technical design development and requirements are described. Subject FormationInnovativefuturefuel reduction To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b4019f6f-35ab-4db8-a65b-14493d26d448 Part of collection Student theses Document type bachelor thesis Rights (c) 2011 Bos, D.A.Dijkers, H.P.A.Gutleb, T.L.M.Herinckx, L.E.Van Nunen, R.Radfar, H.Van Rompuy, E.Sahin, S.E.De Wit, J. Files PDF Final_Report_OSSA_DSE_For ... Flying.pdf 16.48 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:b4019f6f-35ab-4db8-a65b-14493d26d448/datastream/OBJ/view