As the number of passengers preferring air travel is rising rapidly (IATA Forecast Predicts 8.2 billion Air Travelers in 2037) there is need to reduce…
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Airbus patents Quadcruiser
Airbus has designed a hybrid-lift quadcopter, named Quadcruiser, for unmanned military and civil missions. The Quadcruiser uses the popular four-rotor architecture and adds wings and…
Airbus develops an improved stealth aircraft
Aerial vehicles having a low radar signature have been developed to evade radar monitoring. A low radar signature is implemented by energy-absorbing paints, energy-diverting seals…
Airbus has developed an anti-crash aircraft seat
Currently, the seats for aircraft incorporate energy absorber means for protecting passengers sitting on such seats in the event of a crash. These energy absorber…
Airbus to make entire aircrafts using 3D printing
That 3D printing can create complex shapes including small aircraft parts is well known. But it may have seemed far fetched to think of the…
Airbus patents an improved dome for its helicopters to counter the dreaded problem of "tail-shake"
Helicopters generally suffer from a problem called “tail-shake” where the tail is aerodynamically excited due to impact of disturbances generated by the lift rotor. This…
Airbus patents world's fastest helicopter
The patented helicopter is an advanced version of Airbus’ Eurocopter X3, which is currently under development. The helicopter is part of Airbus’s high-speed, long-range, Hybrid…