Citation:
Declerck L, Cruellas Bordes M, Saias CA, et al., (2023) Performance, environmental, and mobility analysis of large capacity fast rotorcraft configurations for the European regional air traffic market. In: 49th European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF49 2023), 5-7 September 2023, Bückeburg, Germany
Abstract:
Fast, large rotorcraft are of interest in the future European air transport system due to their runway independent
operation and potential mobility improvements for the passenger. Both a tiltrotor and a coaxial compound
concept model were developed for a 70 passenger, 500 NM design mission that would compete with regional
fixed-wing aircraft. These models were flown along virtual trajectories representing possible use-cases and
assessed for environmental performance in comparison to an in-service baseline aircraft using comparable
engine technology levels. Further, the travel time and mobility improvement available to the intermodal
transport network through the inclusion of these concept rotorcraft was examined with promising results. Future
work is suggested to address the shortfall in environmental performance.