EU FP7 ACHEON Project WP5 Technology Evaluation progress update

The purpose of Work Package 5, Technology Evaluation, is to provide a detailed verification of ACHEON’s technology against both traditional and innovative future aircraft configurations. The key objective is to identify the advantages that the ACHEON technology brings with its advanced propulsive concept in all aspects of the aircrafts operations and its environmental impact. It […]

A review of thrust-vectoring in support of a V/STOL non-moving mechanical propulsion system

Central European Journal of Engineering September 2013, Volume 3, Issue 3, pp 374-388 A review of thrust-vectoring in support of a V/STOL non-moving mechanical propulsion system José C. Páscoa, Antonio Dumas, Michele Trancossi, Paul Stewart, Dean Vucinic Abstract The advantages associated to Vertical Short-Take-Off and Landing (V/STOL) have been demonstrated since the early days of […]

Energy harvesting and power network architectures for the multibody advanced airship for transport high altitude cruiser–feeder airship concept

Tim Smith⇑ Chris Bingham Paul Stewart Rich Allarton Jill Stewart School of Engineering, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK Tim Smith, School of Engineering, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK. Email: tismith@lincoln.ac.uk Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering April 2013 vol. 227 no. 4 586-598 Abstract […]

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Invitation to FP7 Workshop “Cruiser/feeder airship and innovative propulsion for greening the future EU transport” 26. April 2013, c/o AERO Friedrichshafen (DE) On the 26th April 2013, the MAAT Consortium (Multibody Advanced Airship for Transport) is organizing a workshop entitled “Cruiser/ feeder airship and innovative propulsion for greening the future EU transport”. The workshop will […]