ʻO Airbus, e hōʻike nei i kāna mokulele hōʻike ʻo "Flight Lab" BLADE no ka manawa mua ma kahi hōʻike lewa nui, ua kau inoa i kahi ʻae me nā ʻelele o nā mea kuleana he nui ʻaʻole wale e kaha i ka kūleʻa like o ka lawe ʻana i kēia papahana kūikawā i ka hua. e ʻae i ko lākou makemake e kūkulu ma luna o kēia papahana ma ka papahana ʻEulopa o Clean Sky. ʻO nā mea i hui pū ʻia me Airbus CEO ʻo Tom Enders i ka hana me nā lālā o ka European Parliament, ke Komisina ʻEulopa, ke Aupuni Kelemania, nā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me nā hoa hana ma ʻEulopa.
ʻO ka papahana BLADE, e kū nei no "Breakthrough Laminar Aircraft Demonstrator ma ʻEulopa", kahi ʻāpana o ka pae mua o Clean Sky - kahi papahana 1.6 piliona Euro e holo nei mai ka 2008. Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka BLADE i ka nānā ʻana i ka hiki ke hoʻolauna i ka kahe laminar ʻenehana ʻēheu ma kahi mokulele nui. Hoʻolālā ia e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wāwae o ke kaolaola mokulele, e lawe pū ana me ia he 10 pākēneka mokulele huki hōʻemi a hiki i ʻelima pākēneka haʻahaʻa CO2 emissions. Ua hana ʻo Airbus me kahi hui o 20 mau hoa kī * a ma kahi o 500 mau mea kōkua mai nā wahi a pau o ʻEulopa. Eia kekahi, ma muli o ka nui a me ka paʻakikī, hiki wale i kēia papahana ke hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia i ka European Research initiative Clean Sky.
I Kepakemapa 2017 Airbus 'A340 laminar-flow Flight Lab test demonstrator mokulele (A340-300 MSN001) i holomua kāna kaikamahine holoʻokoʻa a mai ia manawa ua hana ʻia i kahi hoʻokolohua kūleʻa e ʻimi i nā ʻano o ka peʻa i ka lele. ʻO ka mokulele hoʻokolohua ka mea mua ma ka honua e hoʻohui i kahi ʻēheu laminar transonic me kahi ʻano kumu mua kūloko.
Ma waho o ka mokulele ua hoʻokau ʻia me nā ʻēheu ʻēheu o ka transonic laminar waho, ʻoiai i loko o ke keʻena aia kahi hoʻonohonoho loiloi loiloi loea loa (FTI). ʻO nā hoʻololi nui i ka mokulele hōʻike hoʻokolohua A340-300 i hana ʻia i ka wā o ka pāʻina hana he 16 mau mahina ma Tarbes, Palani, me ke kākoʻo o nā hoa hana lehulehu ma ʻEulopa. E pili ana i ka ʻenehana hoʻokolohua, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā 'firsts' kaulana i ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā pahupaʻi uila infrared e nānā i nā helu hoʻololi kahe laminar a me ka mea hana acoustic e ana i ka mana o nā acoustics ma ka laminarity. ʻO kekahi ma mua ka ʻōnaehana mirrorometry mana e ana i ka deformation holoʻokoʻa i ka manawa maoli i ka wā o ka lele. I kēia lā ua hana ka Flight Lab i nā hola lele he 66. E hoʻomau ʻia nā lele ʻana a hiki i ka 2019, hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea hoʻohuli i ka laminarity.
