ʻO ke kumu hoʻohālikelike o ka Flying-V - ka mokulele kūkaʻi ikehu o ka wā e hiki mai ana - ua lele no ka manawa mua. I hoʻokahi makahiki a me ka hapa i hala Kuhiʻoe a KLM kūkala i ka hoʻomaka o ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka Flying-V i ka manawa o IATA 2019 a ma hope o nā hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka makani nui a me nā hoʻāʻo honua ua mākaukau loa ia. ʻO ka lele hoʻokolohua holomua mua kahi ʻoiaʻiʻo.
I ka mahina i hala aku nei, ua huakaʻi kekahi kime o nā kānaka noiʻi, nā ʻenekini a me kahi pailaka drone mai TU Delft i kahi kahua mokulele ma Kelemānia no ka lele ho'āʻo mua. "Ua hoihoi loa mākou e pili ana i nā ʻano lele o ka Flying-V. Kūpono ka hoʻolālā i loko o kā mākou Fly Responsible Initiative, ke kū nei i nā mea āpau a mākou e hana nei a e hana e hoʻomaikaʻi i kā mākou paʻa. Makemake mākou i kahi wā e hiki mai ana no ka mokulele a me ka hana hou kahi ʻāpana o kēlā. ʻO KLM kekahi o nā papa mokulele ʻoi loa ʻoi loa ʻekolu mau honua holoʻokoʻa ma ka Dow Jones Sustainability Index no nā makahiki he nui. Makemake mākou e hoʻomau e hana pēlā i ka wā e hiki mai ana. No laila ke haʻaheo loa i ka hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokō pū i kēia i loko o kahi manawa pōkole, "wahi a ʻO Pieter Elbers, Pelekikena a me CEO o KLM.
ʻO ka Flying-V kahi hoʻolālā no kahi mokulele mokulele lōʻihi lōʻihi a ikaika loa. Hoʻohui ka hoʻolālā o ka mokulele i ke keʻena ohua, paʻa paʻa a me nā pahu wahie i nā ʻeheu, e hana ana i kahi ʻano V nui. Ua wānana nā helu kamepiula i ka hoʻomaikaʻi hou ʻia o ke ʻano aerodynamic a me ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ke kaupaona o nā mokulele e hōʻemi ana i ka wahie e 20% i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mokulele holomua i kēia lā.
Ka laulima a me ka hana hou
Ua hōʻike ʻo KLM i ke ana hoʻohālikelike no ka manawa mua ma ka makahiki 100 o KLM ma 'Okakopa 2019. Pili pū kekahi mau hoa i kēia papahana, me Airbus ka mea hana. Elbers: "ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i ka ʻāpana mokulele i mea hoʻomau mau ma kāu iho, akā pono ʻoe e hana pū," wahi a Elbers. "ʻO ka laulima ʻana me nā hoa a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka ʻike e lawe iā mākou i mua. ʻO ia ke kumu e hoʻomohala hou aku ai mākou i ka manaʻo Flying-V me nā hoa āpau. ʻO ka hana aʻe e lele i ka Flying V ma ka wahie mau. "
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- 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.
