The project, coordinated by Prof. Vincenzo Muscarello and addressed to the framework of the Clean Aviation Fast Rotorcraft IADP (Horizon2020) was aimed to design an innovative movable surface with multiple functions for the NextGen Civil Tiltrotor developed by Leonardo Helicopters, including roll/flap controls, and download reduction.

The new configuration presented by the FORMOSA consortium was able to reduce the download in helicopter mode (-9% compared to the original design) allowing to reduce the fuel consumption during vertical take-off and landing maneuvers, in line with the objectives of the Clean Aviation programme.

A remarkable impact in airplane mode flight was presented as well, through the improvement of the roll performance obtained thanks to a 25% time-to-bank reduction.

The technology developed opens up the possibility of further optimizations of the configuration beyond the helicopter and airplane flight modes, considering also the operations of short take-off, landing, and approach.

Link YouTube: https://youtu.be/fDdYWqk5LdY ↗

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics of University of Ottawa would like to invite you to the newly created Math Club. Math Club are talks that promote mathematics, career talks and research talks suitable for the undergraduate students. The Math Club is designed primarily for undergraduate students, however, graduate students are also welcome.

Tomorrow December 2nd 2021, our PhD Students Alberto Savino and Alessandro Cocco will give a talk concerning the coupled mid-fidelity aerodynamics DUST – multibody MBDyn software for aeroelastic simulations of tiltrotors, developed thanks to the FORMOSA (www.formosa-project.eu) Clean Sky 2 project.

The talk will be given on Zoom starting from 20.30.

Here the link to partecipate to the talk.

Join Zoom Meeting https://uottawa-ca.zoom.us/j/95036026379?pwd=UWJLMWorYnFyR3B1WXMxcE56amlCdz09

Meeting ID: 950 3602 6379

Passcode: R9wdtX

Kick-off Meeting

The kick-off meeting that officially launched the FORMOSA project took place on 7/9/2020.

AGENDA

9:30 Welcome
9:45 Brief presentation of partners and participants;
10:15 Leonardo Objectives for CS2 call (Saporiti/Dalla Rovere);
10:30 General presentation of FORMOSA by coordinator (Muscarello); 11:00 Brief presentation of each WP:

• WP1: Management & project coordination (Paolini/Chiozzini);
• WP2: Dissemination, communication & exploitation activities (Paolini/Chiozzini);
• WP3: Capture of the relevant subsystem requirements (Zanotti);
• WP4: Preliminary study of 3 different proposed concepts (Savino);
• WP5: Feasibility study of the selected concept (Torres);
• WP6: Representative Mock-Up of the selected concept (Torres/Rebelo);

12:15 CS2 Presentation by the JU (Marino);
12:45 Lunch break
14:15 General discussion among partners and participants – action plan definition:

• List of actions, reference persons, deadlines;
• General questions, risks and critical aspects.

17:00 AOB, Wrap-Up.