01 - Aircraft Design and Integrated Systems
DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGENERATIVE SOARER: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS
R.C. Carvalho, EMBRAER S.A., Brazil
This work explores various aspects of an aircraft capable of harvesting energy from atmospheric updrafts and storing it into electrical accumulators for subsequent use. The work covers aspects such as theoretical performance, aircraft configuration, powerplant/regen system architecture, energy storage, system and flight simulation, cockpit controls and indicators, flight strategies, and others.