Imodeli yesikali seFlying-V - inqwelo moya eyonga umbane kwixesha elizayo - ibhabhe okokuqala. Kunyaka onesiqingatha odlulileyo TU Delft kwaye KLM ubhengeze ukuqala koyilo lwe-Flying-V ngexesha le-IATA 2019 nasemva kovavanyo olunzulu lwetonela lomoya kunye novavanyo lomhlaba ekugqibeleni belungile. Uhambo lokuqala lovavanyo oluphumeleleyo luyinyani.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo iqela labaphandi, iinjineli kunye nomqhubi wenqwelomoya ovela kwi-TU Delft baya kwi-airbase in Jemani ngenqwelomoya yokuqala yovavanyo. “Besinomdla wokwazi malunga neenqwelomoya zeFlying-V. Uyilo lungena ngaphakathi kwilinge lethu lokuBhabha ngoXanduva, elimele yonke into esiyenzayo nesiza kuyenza ukuphucula uzinzo. Sifuna ikamva elizinzileyo lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kunye nokuyila kuyinxalenye yako. I-KLM ibiphakathi kweendiza ezintathu eziphambili ezizinzileyo kwihlabathi liphela kwi-Dow Jones Sustainability Index iminyaka emininzi. Sifuna ukuqhubeka sisenza kwixesha elizayo. Siyazingca ke ngoko kuba sikwazile ukufezekisa oku kunye ngexesha elifutshane, ”utshilo UPieter Elbers, UMongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-KLM.
I-Flying-V uyilo lwenqwelomoya esebenza ngamandla. Uyilo lwenqwelomoya ludibanisa ikhabhathi yabakhweli, imithwalo yemithwalo kunye neetanki zepetroli emaphikweni, zenza imilo entle ye-V. Ukubala kweekhompyuter kuqikelele ukuba imeko ephuculweyo ye-aerodynamic kunye nokunciphisa ubunzima beenqwelomoya kuya kunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwamafutha nge-20% xa kuthelekiswa neenqwelomoya zanamhlanje eziphambili.
Intsebenziswano kunye neNtsha
I-KLM ibonise imodeli yesikali okokuqala ngexesha le-KLM's 100th in October 2019. Amaqabane aliqela ngoku ayabandakanyeka kule projekthi, kubandakanya ne-Airbus yomenzi. U-Elbers: "Awunakho ukwenza ukuba icandelo lezobuchwephesha lizinze ngakumbi ngokwakho, kodwa kufuneka uyenze kunye, utshilo u-Elbers. "Ukusebenzisana namaqabane kunye nokwabelana ngolwazi kusithatha sonke siqhubele phambili. Kungenxa yoko le nto siza kuqhubeka nokuphuhlisa umxholo we-Flying-V nawo onke amaqabane. Inyathelo elilandelayo iya kuba kukubhabha i-Flying V kumafutha azinzileyo. "
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- A year and a half ago TU Delft and KLM announced the start of the design of the Flying-V during IATA 2019 and after extensive wind tunnel tests and ground tests it was finally ready.
- The design of the aircraft integrates the passenger cabin, cargo hold and fuel tanks in the wings, creating a spectacular V-shape.
- Last month a team of researchers, engineers and a drone pilot from TU Delft travelled to an airbase in Germany for the first test flight.
