Compact urban VTOL aircraft with active flow control
A conceptual four-seat urban aircraft combining tilting propulsion for vertical take-off and landing with blown-wing flow control. The design explored whether active flow control could reduce wing area and ground footprint while retaining useful lift and payload capability.
Project context
Future aircraft concept design
Liming's contribution
Liming worked on the aerodynamic design, dynamic modelling and analysis, and control-system concept, including control allocation for the vector-jet system.
Selected outcomes
- Tilting propulsion for vertical take-off and landing
- Trailing-edge blowing on the fore and rear wings
- First Prize, Dassault AERO-Design Innovation Civil Aircraft Design Challenge (2018)
- First Prize, 5th China Post-Graduate Future Flight Vehicle Innovation Competition (2019)