Future Flight Project

未来飞行计划

• 批准号: 10062277
• 金额: $ 4.51万
• 依托单位: ZEROAVIA LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10062277
• 关键词: Future; Flight; Project

The Future Flight Project, is a collaboration between the Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) and ZeroAvia which gives students across the UK an opportunity to learn about Carbon Net-Zero aviation through developing their research, teamworking, problem solving skills and knowledge. This project directs students to carry out initial, individual research to discover the current impact that commercial aviation is having on the planet and how carbon emissions can be reduced. Students will learn the theory behind hydrogen fuel cells and hydrogen aircraft alongside the basic fundamentals of aircraft design and operation. The students will conduct Initial research and then develop innovative solutions to adapt an existing aircraft to accommodate hydrogen tanks for carbon-free flight; they will use OpenVSP (free software developed by NASA) to model their aircraft adaptations and virtually test their aircraft to gauge its performance. This project will test students' ability to interpret data from software, make conscious design decisions and give them experience working towards a real life challenge faced by ZeroAvia's technical teams. Students will have to consider the impact of external vs. internal tanks by various means of cost benefit analysis including drag, ticket price and range. The project will develop students' holistic thought processes when making decisions to achieve aircraft adaptations that minimise environmental impact and consumer cost. Participants will be able to complete the project alone and discuss OpenVSP results, concepts and ideas amongst classmates to allow collaboration and peer support. The students will finalize their projects via a poster to document their research and stretch tasks also include the opportunity for students to 3D print their aircraft design models. The project will include regular webinars and face to face visits with the technical team at ZeroAvia and culminates in an IRIS conference, where students have the opportunity to present their research and results to other students interested in STEM from all over the UK.

Future Flight项目是学校研究所（IRIS）与Zeroavia之间的合作，它使英国的学生有机会通过发展他们的研究，团队合作，解决问题的技能和知识来了解碳净零航空航空。该项目指示学生进行初步的个人研究，以发现商业航空对地球的当前影响以及如何减少碳排放。学生将学习氢燃料电池和氢飞机背后的理论，以及飞机设计和操作的基本基础。学生将进行初步研究，然后开发创新的解决方案，以适应现有的飞机以容纳无碳飞行的氢气罐；他们将使用OpenVSP（由NASA开发的免费软件）来建模其飞机改编，并实际上测试其飞机以评估其性能。该项目将测试学生从软件中解释数据，做出有意识的设计决策的能力，并为他们提供努力应对Zeroavia技术团队面临的现实生活挑战的经验。学生将必须通过各种成本收益分析（包括拖放，票价和范围）来考虑外部和内部坦克的影响。该项目将在做出决策以实现飞机适应以最大程度地减少环境影响和消费者成本时开发学生的整体思维过程。参与者将能够单独完成该项目，并讨论同学之间的OpenVSP结果，概念和想法，以允许协作和同伴支持。学生将通过海报确定项目，以记录他们的研究和延长任务，还包括学生3D打印飞机设计模型的机会。该项目将包括定期的网络研讨会和与Zeroavia的技术团队的面对面访问，并在IRIS会议上达到顶峰，在那里，学生有机会向对来自英国各地的STEM感兴趣的其他学生展示他们的研究和结果。