I-Boeing izolo igqibelele ngempumelelo kuvavanyo lokuqala lwenqwelo-moya yabakhweli abazimeleyo (PAV) eManassas, eVirginia. I-Boeing NeXt, ekhokelela kwimizamo yokuhamba komoya wedolophu, isebenzise iBoing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences ukuyila nokuphuhlisa iinqwelo-moya ezime nkqo kunye nokufika (eVTOL) kwaye iya kuqhubeka nokuvavanya ukuqhubela phambili ukhuseleko kunye nokuthembeka kwezithuthi ezizimeleyo zokuhamba ngomoya.
I-PAV prototype igqibe ukuthatha indawo elawulwayo, ukuhambisa phezulu kunye nokufika ngexesha lenqwelomoya, kuvavanye ukusebenza kwesithuthi kunye neenkqubo zolawulo lomhlaba. Iinqwelomoya ezizayo ziya kuvavanya ukuqhubela phambili, ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya, kunye nenqanaba lotshintsho phakathi kweendlela ezimileyo nezaphambili. Eli nqanaba lotshintsho yeyona nto ingumceli mngeni wobunjineli kuyo nayiphi na inqwelomoya ephezulu yeVTOL.
"Kunyaka omnye, siye saqhubela phambili ukusuka kuyilo lwengcinga ukuya kumzekelo ophaphazelayo," utshilo iGosa eliyiNtloko leThekhinoloji yaseBoeing uGreg Hyslop. Ubuchwephesha kunye nokuyila kwe-Boeing kubaluleke kakhulu ekuphuhliseni ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya njengeyona ndlela yezothutho ikhuselekileyo nesebenza kakuhle kwihlabathi liphela, kwaye sizakuqhubeka ukukhokela ngendlela ekhuselekileyo, enobuchule kunye noxanduva kwizisombululo zokuhamba ezintsha.
Ixhaswe yinkqubo yokuqhubela umbane, iprototype ye-PAV yenzelwe ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya ngokuzimela ngokupheleleyo ukusuka ekumkeni ukuya ekumiseni umhlaba, kunye noluhlu olumalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-50). Ukulinganisa i-80.47 yeemitha (i-30 yeemitha) ubude kunye ne-9.14 yeemitha (28 yeemitha) ububanzi, i-airframe yayo ephambili idibanisa ukuqhubekeka kunye neenkqubo zamaphiko ukufezekisa ukuhambisa okukuko kunye nokuhamba ngenqwelomoya.
"Yile ndlela inguquko ikhangeleka ngayo, kwaye kungenxa yokuzimela," utshilo uJohn Langford, umongameli kunye nomphathi omkhulu weAurora Flight Science. "Ukuzimela okuqinisekileyo kuya kwenza ukuthula, ukucoceka kunye nokukhuseleka komoya wedolophu."
Uhambo ngenqwelomoya lumele inqanaba lokugqibela leBoeing NeXt. Eli candelo lisebenza neearhente ezilawulayo kunye namaqabane oshishino ekukhokeleni ukwaziswa okunoxanduva kwenkqubo yokuhamba kwezinto eziphilayo nokuqinisekisa ikamva apho iimoto zomoya ezizimeleyo nezililwayo zihlala khona ngokukhuselekileyo. Ukongeza kwi-PAV, ipotifoliyo yeBoeing NeXt ibandakanya imoto engalawulwa ngokupheleleyo yemoto yomoya (i-CAV) eyilelwe ukuhambisa ukuya kwiipawundi ezingama-500 (226.80 kilograms) kunye namanye amaqonga okuhamba edolophini, ommandla kunye nehlabathi. I-CAV igqibile ukubhabha ngaphakathi ngaphakathi kunyaka ophelileyo kwaye izakutshintshela kuvavanyo lwangaphandle lwangaphandle ngo-2019.
"I-Boeing yayikhona ngexa lokuzalwa kwecandelo lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kwaye kwinkulungwane yethu yesibini, siza kuvula amandla okuthengisa ukuhamba kwedolophu," utshilo uSteve Nordlund, usekela mongameli kunye nomphathi jikelele weBoeing NeXt. "Ukusuka ekwakheni izithuthi zomoya ukuya kudibaniso lwendawo, siza kuzisa ikamva lokuhamba okukhuselekileyo, koxinzelelo oluphantsi kwizixeko nakwimimandla kwihlabathi liphela."
I-Boeing yeyona nkampani inkulu ye-aerospace kunye nomenzi ophambili weejetliner zorhwebo kunye nezokhuseleko, indawo kunye neenkqubo zokhuseleko. Umthengisi ophezulu waseMelika, inkampani ixhasa iinqwelomoya kunye naseMelika kunye nabathengi kurhulumente kumazwe angaphezu kwe-150. Iimveliso ze-Boeing kunye neenkonzo ezilungiselelwe zibandakanya inqwelomoya kunye nomkhosi wenqwelomoya, iisathelayithi, izixhobo, iinkqubo ze-elektroniki nezokhuseleko, iinkqubo zokumiliselwa, ulwazi oluphambili kunye neenkqubo zonxibelelwano, kunye noqeqesho olusekwe ekusebenzeni.
